The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do.
—B.F. Skinner, 1969
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Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself.
—H.L. Mencken, 1919Some to the common pulpits, and cry out / “Liberty, freedom, and enfranchisement!”
—William Shakespeare, c. 1599Nothing but a permanent body can check the imprudence of democracy.
—Alexander Hamilton, 1787A woman should never be seen eating or drinking unless it be lobster salad and champagne, the only truly feminine and becoming viands.
—Lord Byron, 1812The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
—Horace, c. 25 BCPeace is a natural effect of trade.
—Montesquieu, 1748It is noble to die before doing anything that deserves death.
—Anaxandrides, c. 376It is no longer a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, but a government of Wall Street, by Wall Street, and for Wall Street.
—Mary Lease, c. 1890God sells us all things at the price of labor.
—Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1500He who laugheth too much, hath the nature of a fool; he that laugheth not at all, hath the nature of an old cat.
—Thomas Fuller, 1732All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another.
—Plotinus, c. 255The people are the foundation of the state. If the foundations are firm, the state will be tranquil.
—Classic of History, c. 400 BC