That obtained in youth may endure like characters engraved in stones.
—Ibn Gabirol, 1040
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The main object of a revolution is the liberation of man, not the interpretation and application of some transcendental ideology.
—Jean Genet, 1983Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.
—Wendell Phillips, 1859Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1920One of the animals which a generous and sociable man would soonest become is a dog. A dog can have a friend; he has affections and character; he can enjoy equally the field and the fireside; he dreams, he caresses, he propitiates; he offends and is pardoned; he stands by you in adversity; he is a good fellow.
—Leigh Hunt, 1834In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.
—Voltaire, 1764The gift of a common tongue is a priceless inheritance and it may well some day become the foundation of a common citizenship.
—Winston Churchill, 1943The more men are massed together, the more corrupt they become. Disease and vice are the sure results of overcrowded cities.
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1762I’m at an age when my back goes out more than I do.
—Phyllis Diller, 1981Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
—Francis Bacon, 1625If you are truly serious about preparing your child for the future, don’t teach him to subtract—teach him to deduct.
—Fran Lebowitz, 1981The first requisite to happiness is that a man be born in a famous city.
—Euripides, c. 415 BCIt may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me.
—Martin Luther King Jr., 1962