Politics is the art of the possible.
—Otto von Bismarck, 1867
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To live outside the law you must be honest.
—Bob Dylan, 1966There be beasts that, at a year old, observe more, and pursue that which is for their good more prudently, than a child can do at ten.
—Thomas Hobbes, 1651The envious die not once, but as often as the envied win applause.
—Baltasar Gracián, 1647Egypt was the mother of magicians.
—Clement of Alexandria, c. 200Honest commerce is the great civilizer. We exchange ideas when we exchange fabrics.
—Robert G. Ingersoll, 1882The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we’d get into that rotten stuff pretty soon. Probably at the next gas station.
—Hunter S. Thompson, 1971Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need—a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing.
—Jerome K. Jerome, 1889There’s plenty of fire in the coldest flint!
—Rachel Field, 1939People are trapped in history, and history is trapped in them.
—James Baldwin, 1953In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.
—Voltaire, 1764Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1947Education—a debt due from present to future generations.
—George Peabody, 1852