Jesters do oft prove prophets.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1605
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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.
—Joseph Addison, 1711Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.
—Charles Dickens, 1843Well now, there’s a remedy for everything except death.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1605There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
—Michel de Montaigne, 1580You can steal a lot more with a computer than with a gun.
—Gina Smith, 1997The sea is mother-death, and she is a mighty female, the one who wins, the one who sucks us all up.
—Anne Sexton, 1971The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.
—Joseph Conrad, 1899Worry over what has not occurred is a serious malady.
—Solomon ibn Gabirol, 1050The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws.
—Tacitus, c. 117The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.
—Italo Calvino, 1967There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.
—Francis Bacon, 1625Yes to a market economy, no to a market society.
—Lionel Jospin, 1998