Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BC
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There is no solitude in the world like that of the big city.
—Kathleen Norris, 1931The charm, one might say the genius, of memory is that it is choosy, chancy, and temperamental: it rejects the edifying cathedral and indelibly photographs the small boy outside, chawing a hunk of melon in the dust.
—Elizabeth Bowen, 1955You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
—Joseph Conrad, 1900To live outside the law, you must be honest.
—Bob Dylan, 1966Now there is fame! Of all—hunger, misery, the incomprehension by the public—fame is by far the worst. It is the castigation by God of the artist. It is sad. It is true.
—Pablo Picasso, c. 1961A shopkeeper will never get the more custom by beating his customers; and what is true of a shopkeeper is true of a shopkeeping nation.
—Josiah Tucker, 1766The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
—Horace, c. 25 BCEducation is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs only to the people who prepare for it today.
—Malcolm X, 1964He that serves God for money will serve the Devil for better wages.
—Roger L’Estrange, 1692At the start there’s always energy.
—Suzan-Lori Parks, 2006It is one thing to slander, another to accuse.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 56 BCEnergy is the power that drives every human being. It is not lost by exertion but maintained by it, for it is a faculty of the psyche.
—Germaine Greer, 1970