Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.
—Robert Wilson, 1991
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We should always presume the disease to be curable until its own nature proves it otherwise.
—Peter Mere Latham, c. 1845Familiarity breeds contempt—and children.
—Mark Twain, c. 1900Fear is the foundation of most governments.
—John Adams, 1776A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
—Ralph Nader, 2000Nature’s rules have no exceptions.
—Herbert Spencer, 1851I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute, where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he be a Catholic) how to act and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote.
—John F. Kennedy, 1960The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body.
—Anaïs Nin, 1935In a court of fowls, the cockroach never wins its case.
—Rwandan proverbNature contains no one constant form.
—Paul-Henri Dietrich d’Holbach, 1770Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCProfit is profit even in Mecca.
—Nigerian proverbRevenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
—William Makepeace Thackeray, 1847