If you find excrement somewhere in the village, the chief was the one who put it there.
—Congolese proverb
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Now there is fame! Of all—hunger, misery, the incomprehension by the public—fame is by far the worst. It is the castigation by God of the artist. It is sad. It is true.
—Pablo Picasso, c. 1961Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.
—George Eliot, 1857Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.
—Hebrews, c. 60Life is a farce, and should not end with a mourning scene.
—Horace Walpole, 1784New things are always ugly.
—Willa Cather, 1921A woman’s greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.
—Pericles, c. 450 BCThere never was a good war or a bad peace.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1773Commerce has made all winds her ministers.
—John Sterling, 1843What reason weaves, by passion is undone.
—Alexander Pope, 1972No wise man ever wished to be younger.
—Jonathan Swift, 1706Among famous traitors of history, one might mention the weather.
—Ilka Chase, 1969Democracy produces both heroes and villains, but it differs from a fascist state in that it does not produce a hero who is a villain.
—Margaret Halsey, 1946