Fame is but the empty noise of madmen.
—Epictetus, c. 100
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Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.
—Charles Dickens, 1843I care. I care about it all. It takes too much energy not to care.
—Lorraine Hansberry, 1965Jokes are grievances.
—Marshall McLuhan, 1969If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it.
—Martial, c. 86Why is a ship under sail more poetical than a hog in a high wind? The hog is all nature, the ship is all art.
—Lord Byron, 1821I imagined it was more difficult to die.
—Louis XIV, 1715Money is a language for translating the work of the farmer into the work of the barber, doctor, engineer, or plumber.
—Marshall McLuhan, 1964Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
—Samuel Johnson, c. 1770Whoever expects to walk peacefully in the world must be money’s guest.
—Norman O. Brown, 1959Dance tunes are always right.
—Dylan Thomas, 1936Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.
—Samuel Johnson, 1750There ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.
—Mark Twain, 1894