Quotes

As he brews, so shall he drink.

—Ben Jonson, 1598

There is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship.

—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1943

Our crime against criminals is that we treat them as villains.

—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1898

There is only one antidote to mental suffering and that is physical pain.

—Karl Marx, 1860

From a man’s face, I can read his character. If I can see him walk, I know his thoughts.

—Gaius Petronius Arbiter, c. 60

Is all our fire of shipwreck wood?

—Robert Browning, 1862

Nothing is hidden from the eyes of the observing world.

—Aleksandr Pushkin, 1837

For what do we live but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?

—Jane Austen, 1813

What water gives, water takes away.

—Portuguese proverb

Friendship is a plant that loves the sun—thrives ill under clouds.

—Bronson Alcott, 1872

My 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, 1966

A college degree is a social certificate, not a proof of competence.

—Elbert Hubbard, 1911

Night is torment. That is why people go to sleep. To avoid clear sight and torment.

—Dorothy M. Richardson, 1923

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