In the name of Hippocrates doctors have invented the most exquisite form of torture ever known to man: survival.
—Luis Buñuel, 1983
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Alongside all swindlers the state now stands there as swindler-in-chief.
—Jacob Burckhardt, c. 1875The most hateful torment for men is to have knowledge of everything but power over nothing.
—Herodotus, c. 425 BCCelibacy goes deeper than the flesh.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1920In every ill turn of fortune, the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy.
—Boethius, c. 520Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.
—Rosa Luxemburg, 1918Suffering has its limit, but fears are endless.
—Pliny the Younger, c. 108Man is merely a more perfect animal than the rest. He reasons better.
—Napoleon Bonaparte, 1816You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.
—Billie Holiday, 1956Men worry over the great number of diseases, while doctors worry over the scarcity of effective remedies.
—Bian Qiao, c. 500 BCAll civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.
—Havelock Ellis, 1921Guard more faithfully the secret which is confided to you than the money which is entrusted to your care.
—Isocrates, c. 370 BCHealth indeed is a precious thing, to recover and preserve which we undergo any misery, drink bitter potions, freely give our goods—restore a man to his health, his purse lies open to thee.
—Robert Burton, 1621