Insurgents are like conquerors: they must go forward; the moment they are stopped, they are lost.
—Duke of Wellington, c. 1819
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Travelers, poets, and liars are three words all of one significance.
—Richard Brathwaite, 1631Better free in a strange land than a slave at home.
—German proverbWe should always presume the disease to be curable until its own nature proves it otherwise.
—Peter Mere Latham, c. 1845He that will cheat you at play, will cheat you any way.
—Thomas Fuller, 1732Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.
—Norman Douglas, 1917From the cradle to the coffin, underwear comes first.
—Bertolt Brecht, 1928Religion is by no means a proper subject of conversation in mixed company.
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 1754If the bird does like its cage, and does like its sugar, and will not leave it, why keep the door so very carefully shut?
—Olive Schreiner, 1883Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.
—Gore Vidal, 1981The true art of memory is the art of attention.
—Samuel Johnson, 1759The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.
—Erich Fromm, 1941Resorting to the law to resolve a dispute is a declaration of spiritual bankruptcy.
—Quentin Crisp, 1984