Any serious attempt to do anything worthwhile is ritualistic.
—Derek Walcott, 1986
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To live outside the law, you must be honest.
—Bob Dylan, 1966The mind of man is capable of anything.
—Guy de Maupassant, 1884And to our age’s drowsy blood / Still shouts the inspiring sea.
—James Russell Lowell, 1848There is no solitude in the world like that of the big city.
—Kathleen Norris, 1931Don’t hit a man at all if you can avoid it, but if you have to hit him, knock him out.
—Theodore Roosevelt, 1916All of the great musicians have borrowed from the songs of the common people.
—Antonín Dvořák, 1893What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.
—Voltaire, 1723I’ve never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It’s probably because they have forgotten their own.
—Margaret Atwood, 1976Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
—Bertrand Russell, 1930Give me chastity and continence, but not just now.
—Saint Augustine, 397Wit enables us to act rudely with impunity.
—La Rochefoucauld, 1678War is fear cloaked in courage.
—William Westmoreland, 1966