Alongside all swindlers the state now stands there as swindler-in-chief.
—Jacob Burckhardt, c. 1875
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Happiness is a warm puppy.
—Charles Schulz, 1971All attempts to adapt our ethical code to our situation in the technological age have failed.
—Max Born, 1968Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1903The life of a sailor is very unhealthy.
—Francis Galton, 1883We cannot say what the woman might be physically, if the girl were not allowed all the freedom of the boy in romping, climbing, swimming, playing whoop and ball.
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1848All of the great musicians have borrowed from the songs of the common people.
—Antonín Dvořák, 1893He who would be happy should stay at home.
—Greek proverbHumiliation is the beginning of sanctification.
—John Donne, c. 1629No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation.
—Woodrow Wilson, 1915Do not fear the clatter of wheels, the bumps and slops in corridors. It is only turbulence.
—Romalyn Ante, 2020I never yet could make out why men are so fond of hunting; they often hurt themselves, often spoil good horses, and tear up the fields—and all for a hare or a fox or a stag that they could get more easily some other way.
—Anna Sewell, 1877The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.
—George Santayana, 1905