Iron may break gold, but water remains whole.
—Ge Hong, c. 300
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A dead enemy always smells good.
—Aulus Vitellius, 69We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
—Aesop, c. 600 BCPerish the universe, provided I have my revenge.
—Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac, 1654To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
—Quentin Crisp, 1968Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.
—John Donne, c. 1629The main object of a revolution is the liberation of man, not the interpretation and application of some transcendental ideology.
—Jean Genet, 1983You can’t find the soul with a scalpel.
—Gustave Flaubert, c. 1880A false report rides post.
—English proverbI have seen the science I worshipped, and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve.
—Charles Lindbergh, 1948The three little sentences that will get you through life. Number 1: Cover for me. Number 2: Oh, good idea, Boss! Number 3: It was like that when I got here.
—Nell Scovell, 1991Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.
—Willa Cather, 1918It costs a lot to make a person look this cheap.
—Dolly Parton, 1994