Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 30 BC
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The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a star.
—Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, 1825Perish the universe, provided I have my revenge.
—Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac, 1654No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
—Bertrand Russell, 1961In the country gossip is a pastime; in the city it is a warfare.
—W.M.L. Jay, 1870Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.
—D.H. Lawrence, 1911Man and animals are really the conduit of food, the sepulcher of animals, and resting place of the dead, one causing the death of the other, making themselves the covering for the corruption of other dead bodies.
—Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1500But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.
—Genesis, c. 900 BCThere is nothing worse for mortals than a wandering life.
—Homer, c. 750 BCIt may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me.
—Martin Luther King Jr., 1962The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1919We get a deal o’ useless things about us, only because we’ve got the money to spend.
—George Eliot, 1860Power is so apt to be insolent, and Liberty to be saucy, that they are very seldom upon good terms.
—George Savile, c. 1690