Water is the readiest means of making friends with nature.
—Ludwig Feuerbach, 1841
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The law is far, the fist is near.
—Korean proverbAll God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
—Fran Lebowitz, 1978You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
—Joseph Conrad, 1900The more religious a country is, the more crimes are committed in it.
—Napoleon Bonaparte, 1817Those things are better which are perfected by nature than those which are finished by art.
—Cicero, c. 45 BCCivilization, a much-abused word, stands for a high matter quite apart from telephones and electric lights.
—Edith Hamilton, 1930A 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 sea hath fish for every man.
—William Camden, 1605Men are generally more pleased with a widespread than with a great reputation.
—Pliny the Younger, c. 110When the abbot throws the dice, the whole convent will play.
—Martin Luther, c. 1540Avoid the law—the first loss is generally the least.
—Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee, 1844To be too conscious is an illness—a real thoroughgoing illness.
—Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1864