My language is the common prostitute that I turn into a virgin.
—Karl Kraus, c. 1910
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There are twelve hours in the day, and above fifty in the night.
—Madame de Sévigné, 1671Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1776Two things only the people anxiously desire, bread and the circus games.
—Juvenal, c. 121I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1902Time’s ruins build eternity’s mansions.
—James Joyce, 1922Society as a whole must be converted into a gigantic school.
—Che Guevara, 1965If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I’m going to go have the stuff tucked or plucked.
—Dolly Parton, 2003Seize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys.
—André Gide, 1897Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury—to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.
—Albert Einstein, 1931Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
—John F. Kennedy, 1962“I think, therefore I am” is the statement of an intellectual who underrates toothaches.
—Milan Kundera, 1990When nature is overriden, she takes her revenge.
—Marya Mannes, 1958