Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals—except the weasel.
—The Simpsons, 1993
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Every communist must grasp the truth: “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”
—Mao Zedong, 1938It hurts to watch the fluency of a body acclimated to its shackling.
—Leslie Jamison, 2014Man has here two and a half minutes—one to smile, one to sigh, and half a one to love; for in the midst of this minute he dies.
—Jean Paul, 1795No families take so little medicine as those of doctors, except those of apothecaries.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1860The severity of a teacher is better than the love of a father.
—Saadi, 1258Happiness does not dwell in herds, nor yet in gold.
—Democritus, c. 420 BCWhat delight can there be, and not rather displeasure, in hearing the barking and howling of dogs? Or what greater pleasure is there to be felt when a dog followeth a hare than when a dog followeth a dog?
—Thomas More, 1516Those who believe in freedom of the will have never loved and never hated.
—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1893New things are always ugly.
—Willa Cather, 1921All the world is topsy-turvy, and it has been topsy-turvy ever since the plague.
—Jack London, 1912Revolutions are always verbose.
—Leon Trotsky, 1933The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
—Edward Gibbon, 1788