The history of the land has been written very largely in water.
—John Hodgdon Bradley Jr., 1935
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Mother died today. Or maybe it was yesterday, I don’t know.
—Albert Camus, 1942Some things are privileged from jest—namely, religion, matters of state, great persons, all men’s present business of importance, and any case that deserves pity.
—Francis Bacon, 1597Worry over what has not occurred is a serious malady.
—Solomon ibn Gabirol, 1050I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say—your professional poets, I mean—there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example.
—Duke of Wellington, c. 1810I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.
—Mitch Hedberg, 1999People revere the Constitution yet know so little about it—and that goes for some of my fellow senators.
—Robert Byrd, 2005I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
—H. Rap Brown, 1967He who commands the sea has command of everything.
—Francis Bacon, c. 1600We are as near to heaven by sea as by land!
—Humphrey Gilbert, 1583Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term art, I should call it “the reproduction of what the senses perceive in nature through the veil of the soul.” The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of “artist.”
—Edgar Allan Poe, 1849The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.
—Yves Saint Laurent, 1978Once a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
—Tacitus, c. 100