He that will cheat you at play, will cheat you any way.
—Thomas Fuller, 1732
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My ideas are clear. My orders are precise. Within five years, Rome must appear marvelous to all the people of the world—vast, orderly, powerful, as in the time of the empire of Augustus.
—Benito Mussolini, 1929All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
—Aristotle, c. 330 BCDon’t you find it a beautiful clean thought, a world empty of people, just uninterrupted grass, and a hare sitting up?
—D.H. Lawrence, 1920Fame will go by and, so long, I’ve had you, fame. If it goes by, I’ve always known it was fickle. So at least it’s something I experienced, but that’s not where I live.
—Marilyn Monroe, 1962When the abbot throws the dice, the whole convent will play.
—Martin Luther, c. 1540One should always have one’s boots on and be ready to leave.
—Michel de Montaigne, 1580I never even saw the use of the sea. Many a sad heart has it caused, and many a sick stomach has it occasioned! The boldest sailor climbs on board with a heavy soul and leaps on land with a light spirit.
—Benjamin Disraeli, 1827If the people be the governors, who shall be governed?
—John Cotton, c. 1636What one man can invent another can discover.
—Arthur Conan Doyle, 1905If I had the use of my body I would throw it out of the window.
—Samuel Beckett, 1951We and the dead ride quick at night.
—Gottfried August Bürger, 1773Nature is immovable.
—Euripides, c. 415 BC