Time robs us of all, even of memory.
—Virgil, c. 40 BC
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The law makes ten criminals where it restrains one.
—Voltairine de Cleyre, 1890Few sons are equal to their fathers; most fall short, all too few surpass them.
—Homer, c. 750 BCHistory in its broadest aspect is a record of man’s migrations from one environment to another.
—Ellsworth Huntington, 1919The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other.
—Mario Puzo, 2001Sex is more exciting on the screen and between the pages than between the sheets.
—Andy Warhol, 1975On the loftiest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own rump.
—Michel de Montaigne, 1580How like to us is that filthy beast the ape.
—Cicero, 45 BCThe United States has virtually set up an empire on impounded and redistributed water.
—Charles P. Berkey, 1946Charity is murder and you know it.
—Dorothy Parker, 1956The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.
—Thomas Jefferson, 1787The true art of memory is the art of attention.
—Samuel Johnson, 1759It raineth every day, and the weather represents our tearful despair on a large scale.
—Mary Boykin Chesnut, 1865