The Revolution is made by man, but man must forge his revolutionary spirit from day to day.
—Che Guevara, 1968
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The happy ending is our national belief.
—Mary McCarthy, 1947And then, sir, there is this consideration: that if the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up and, claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system.
—Samuel Johnson, 1791Nature never breaks her own laws.
—Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1500Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or determined by the will—whatever we may think.
—Lawrence Durrell, 1957Time will reveal everything. It is a babbler and speaks even when not asked.
—Euripides, c. 425 BCA dog starved at his master’s gate / Predicts the ruin of the state.
—William Blake, 1807Being offended is the natural consequence of leaving one’s home.
—Fran Lebowitz, 1981What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how to learn.
—Henry Adams, 1907There’s folks ’ud hold a sieve under the pump and expect to carry away the water.
—George Eliot, 1859Never trust her at any time when the calm sea shows her false alluring smile.
—Lucretius, c. 60 BCOnly connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height.
—E.M. Forster, 1910I never practice, I always play.
—Wanda Landowska, 1953