The law is not the same at morning and at night.
—George Herbert, c. 1633
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I want to be the white man’s brother, not his brother-in-law.
—Martin Luther King Jr., 1962The home is a human institution. All human institutions are open to improvement.
—Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1903The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
—B.F. Skinner, 1969All the daughters of music shall be brought low.
—Ecclesiastes, c. 400 BCIn meeting again after a separation, acquaintances ask after our outward life, friends after our inner life.
—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1880True friendship withstands time, distance, and silence.
—Isabel Allende, 2000I have loved the stars too truly to be fearful of the night.
—Sarah Williams, 1868Nothing is more narrow-minded than chauvinism or racial hatred. To me all men are equal; there are flatheads everywhere and I despise them all equally.
—Karl Kraus, 1909To desire immortality for the individual is really the same as wanting to perpetuate an error forever.
—Arthur Schopenhauer, 1819He who would have clear water should go to the fountainhead.
—Italian proverbHappiness, whether in business or private life, leaves very little trace in history.
—Fernand Braudel, 1979The United States has virtually set up an empire on impounded and redistributed water.
—Charles P. Berkey, 1946