Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain there would be no life.
—John Updike, 1989
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Liberty and democracy are eternal enemies.
—H.L. Mencken, 1925One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
—Elbert Hubbard, 1911I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.
—Mitch Hedberg, 1999It is impossible to live pleasurably without living wisely, well, and justly, and impossible to live wisely, well, and justly without living pleasurably.
—Epicurus, c. 300 BCUnder the wide and starry sky, / Dig the grave and let me lie.
—Robert Louis Stevenson, 1887A broken friendship may be soldered but will never be sound.
—Thomas Fuller, 1732Pictures made in childhood are painted in bright hues.
—Kate Douglas Wiggin, 1886No nation was ever ruined by trade.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1774Comedy, like sodomy, is an unnatural act.
—Marty Feldman, 1969He who would have clear water should go to the fountainhead.
—Italian proverbPeople living deeply have no fear of death.
—Anaïs Nin, 1935Keep away from physicians. It is all probing and guessing and pretending with them. They leave it to nature to cure in her own time, but they take the credit. As well as very fat fees.
—Anthony Burgess, 1964