Nationalism is an infantile disease, the measles of mankind.
—Albert Einstein, 1929
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No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
—Abraham LincolnThe workers are the saviors of society, the redeemers of the race.
—Eugene V. Debs, 1905Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1920Technology feeds on itself. Technology makes more technology possible.
—Alvin Toffler, 1970Fear has a smell, as love does.
—Margaret Atwood, 1972If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.
—William Hazlitt, 1823The law is not the same at morning and at night.
—George Herbert, c. 1633A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.
—Pliny the Elder, c. 77Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.
—Samuel Johnson, 1750Imagination is the secret and marrow of civilization. It is the very eye of faith.
—Henry Ward Beecher, 1887Play, wherein persons of condition, especially ladies, waste so much of their time, is a plain instance to me that men cannot be perfectly idle; they must be doing something, for how else could they sit so many hours toiling at that which generally gives more vexation than delight to people whilst they are actually engaged in it?
—John Locke, 1693Don’t try to make a profit on a bad trade; just try to find the best place to get out.
—Linda Bradford Raschke, 1992