Art imitates nature as well as it can, as a pupil follows his master; thus it is a sort of grandchild of God.
—Dante, c. 1315
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I proclaim night more truthful than the day.
—Léopold Sédar Senghor, 1956Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be.
—James Baldwin, 1961I hate the sight of monkeys; they remind me so of poor relations.
—Henry Luttrell, 1820Envy is the basis of democracy.
—Bertrand Russell, 1930No time to marry, no time to settle down, I’m a young woman, and ain’t done runnin’ round.
—Bessie Smith, 1926Better no law than no law enforced.
—Danish proverbThe wonderful sea charmed me from the first.
—Joshua Slocum, 1900After midnight the moon set and I was alone with the stars. I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty, and I need no other flight to convince me that the reason flyers fly, whether they know it or not, is the aesthetic appeal of flying.
—Amelia Earhart, 1935It is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.
—Charlotte Brontë, 1847To need to dominate others is to need others. The commander is dependent.
—Fernando Pessoa, c. 1935Drive your cart and your plow over the bones of the dead.
—William Blake, c. 1790Drive out nature with a pitchfork, and she will always come back.
—Horace, c. 25 BC