A good dog, sir, deserves a good bone.
—Ben Jonson, 1633
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Revolutionaries are greater sticklers for formality than conservatives.
—Italo Calvino, 1957The things of the night cannot be explained in the day, because they do not then exist.
—Ernest Hemingway, 1929Real friends offer both hard truths and soft landings.
—Anna Quindlen, 2012The workers are the saviors of society, the redeemers of the race.
—Eugene V. Debs, 1905Doctors don’t know everything really. They understand matter, not spirit. And you and I live in spirit.
—William Saroyan, 1943Your mind’s got to eat, too.
—Dambudzo Marechera, 1978From a man’s face, I can read his character. If I can see him walk, I know his thoughts.
—Gaius Petronius Arbiter, c. 60A miracle drug is any drug that will do what the label says it will do.
—Eric Hodgins, 1964If not us, who? If not now, when?
—Czech slogan, 1989All the world is topsy-turvy, and it has been topsy-turvy ever since the plague.
—Jack London, 1912I have loved the stars too truly to be fearful of the night.
—Sarah Williams, 1868Words pay no debts.
—William Shakespeare, 1601