As he brews, so shall he drink.
—Ben Jonson, 1598Quotes
There is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1943Our crime against criminals is that we treat them as villains.
—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1898There is only one antidote to mental suffering and that is physical pain.
—Karl Marx, 1860From a man’s face, I can read his character. If I can see him walk, I know his thoughts.
—Gaius Petronius Arbiter, c. 60Is all our fire of shipwreck wood?
—Robert Browning, 1862Nothing is hidden from the eyes of the observing world.
—Aleksandr Pushkin, 1837For what do we live but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?
—Jane Austen, 1813What water gives, water takes away.
—Portuguese proverbFriendship is a plant that loves the sun—thrives ill under clouds.
—Bronson Alcott, 1872My advice to people today is as follows: if you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out.
—Timothy Leary, 1966A college degree is a social certificate, not a proof of competence.
—Elbert Hubbard, 1911Night is torment. That is why people go to sleep. To avoid clear sight and torment.
—Dorothy M. Richardson, 1923