There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink.
—Booth Tarkington, 1914
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Your mind’s got to eat, too.
—Dambudzo Marechera, 1978Inventions that are not made, like babies that are not born, are rarely missed.
—John Kenneth Galbraith, 1958Art transcends its limitations only by staying within them.
—Flannery O’Connor, 1964Fate leads the willing and drags along those who hang back.
—Cleanthes, c. 250 BCAlmsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with it once and for all.
—Eva Perón, 1949Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer.
—G.C. Lichtenberg, c. 1780Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.
—Charles Dickens, 1843One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
—Oscar Wilde, 1895I had rather be in a state of misery and envied for my supposed happiness than in a state of happiness and pitied for my supposed misery.
—Elizabeth Inchbald, 1793Those things are better which are perfected by nature than those which are finished by art.
—Cicero, c. 45 BCThe march of the human mind is slow.
—Edmund Burke, 1775All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural propensities.
—Edmund Burke, 1796