We need strength, we need energy, we need quickness, and we need brain in this country to turn it around.
—Donald Trump, 2015
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It is very foolish to attack one’s enemy openly if one can injure him in secret.
—Giambattista Giraldi, 1543I’ve been on a calendar, but never on time.
—Marilyn Monroe, 1962In a court of fowls, the cockroach never wins its case.
—Rwandan proverbOne’s body, hair, and skin are a gift from one’s parents—do not dare to allow them to be harmed.
—Classic of Filial Piety, c. 200 BCDo not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1903Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.
—George W. Bush, 2004The smell of rain is rich with life.
—Estela Portillo Trambley, 1975A garden must be looked into, and dressed as the body.
—George Herbert, 1640You must not grow used to making money out of everything. One sees more people ruined than one has seen preserved by shameful gains.
—Sophocles, c. 442 BCI am leaving the town to the invaders: increasingly numerous, mediocre, dirty, badly behaved, shameless tourists.
—Brigitte Bardot, 1989Guard more faithfully the secret which is confided to you than the money which is entrusted to your care.
—Isocrates, c. 370 BCWhen the abbot throws the dice, the whole convent will play.
—Martin Luther, c. 1540