Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
—Oscar Wilde, 1891
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Lord, I do not ask that thou shouldst give me wealth; only show me where it is, and I will attend to the rest.
—Kate Douglas Wiggin, 1898How sad a sight is human happiness to those whose thoughts can pierce beyond an hour!
—Edward Young, 1741Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.
—W. Somerset Maugham, 1896Doing research on the web is like using a library assembled piecemeal by pack rats and vandalized nightly.
—Roger Ebert, 1998Many need no other provocation to enmity than that they find themselves excelled.
—Samuel Johnson, 1751All of the great musicians have borrowed from the songs of the common people.
—Antonín Dvořák, 1893The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.
—Edward, Duke of Windsor, 1957As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all misery.
—John Donne, 1622The mind of man is capable of anything.
—Guy de Maupassant, 1884A multitude of small delights constitute happiness.
—Charles Baudelaire, 1897This is Year Zero.
—Pol Pot, 1975Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
—Calvin Coolidge, 1932