A friend who is very near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.
—George Ade, 1902
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Revolutionaries are greater sticklers for formality than conservatives.
—Italo Calvino, 1957Memories are like corks left out of bottles. They swell. They no longer fit.
—Harriet Doerr, 1978Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.
—Samuel Johnson, 1780Shamelessness is the shame of being without shame.
—Mencius, c. 290 BCEverything that has wings is beyond the reach of the law.
—Joseph Joubert, 1791Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
—Pericles, c. 431 BCThe man in constant fear is every day condemned.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCThe tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.
—Thomas Jefferson, 1787We and the dead ride quick at night.
—Gottfried August Bürger, 1773There will always be a lost dog somewhere that will prevent me from being happy.
—Jean Anouilh, 1934I count myself in nothing else so happy / As in a soul remembering my good friends.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1595The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the critic.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1911