Every country has the government it deserves.
—Joseph de Maistre, 1811
Archive
Quotes
The man in constant fear is every day condemned.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCMy own experience is that a certain kind of genius among students is best brought out in bed.
—Allen Ginsberg, 1981Time rushes toward us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation.
—Tennessee Williams, 1951One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
—Elbert Hubbard, 1911A man is not idle, because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
—Victor Hugo, 1862What a torture to talk to filled heads that allow nothing from the outside to enter them.
—Joseph Joubert, 1807That is happiness: to be dissolved into something complete and great.
—Willa Cather, 1918No families take so little medicine as those of doctors, except those of apothecaries.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1860Even members of the nobility, let alone persons of no consequence, would do well not to have children.
—Yoshida Kenko, c. 1330The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.
—Yves Saint Laurent, 1978One’s body, hair, and skin are a gift from one’s parents—do not dare to allow them to be harmed.
—Classic of Filial Piety, c. 200 BCWe have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.
—Tennessee Williams, 1953