‘Tis a superstition to insist on a special diet. All is made at last of the same chemical atoms.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1860
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For what do we live but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?
—Jane Austen, 1813The less intelligent the white man is, the more stupid he thinks the black.
—André Gide, 1927All the world is topsy-turvy, and it has been topsy-turvy ever since the plague.
—Jack London, 1912Men, my dear, are very queer animals—a mixture of horse nervousness, ass stubbornness, and camel malice.
—T. H. Huxley, 1895What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.
—Erasmus, 1515All people have the common desire to be elevated in honor, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
—Mencius, c. 330 BCThe more laws, the more lawbreakers.
—Tao Te Ching, c. 500 BCThe twilight is the crack between the worlds.
—Carlos Castaneda, 1968The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God.
—William Blake, 1793The law is far, the fist is near.
—Korean proverbFriend! It is a common word, often lightly used. Like other good and beautiful things, it may be tarnished by careless handling.
—Harriet Jacobs, 1861Revolutions are not about trifles, but they are produced by trifles.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BC