Better no law than no law enforced.
—Danish proverb
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Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.
—Plato, c. 375 BCSome are born to sweet delight,
Some are born to endless night.
Most authors seek fame, but I seek for justice—a holier impulse than ever entered into the ambitious struggles of the votaries of that fickle, flirting goddess.
—Davy Crockett, 1834Never make a defense or apology before you be accused.
—Charles I, 1636Put national causes first and personal grudges last.
—Sima Qian, c. 91 BCWe are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea—whether it is to sail or to watch it—we are going back whence we came.
—John F. Kennedy, 1962One of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.
—Julia Child, 2001Cities are the abyss of the human species.
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1762Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.
—Christina Stead, 1938The world is wearied of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
—Benjamin Disraeli, 1870A win always seems shallow: it is the loss that is so profound and suggests nasty infinities.
—E.M. Forster, 1919