The universe is an object of thought at least as much as it is a means of satisfying needs.
—Claude Lévi-Strauss, 1962
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Home is wherever I go.
—Indira Gandhi, 1955The righteous know the needs of their animals, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 500 BCYouth, youth, springtime of beauty.
—Anthem of the National Fascist Party, c. 1924No man will take counsel, but every man will take money: therefore money is better than counsel.
—Jonathan Swift, 1702A great step toward independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 60Despotism subjects a nation to one tyrant—democracy to many.
—Marguerite Gardiner, 1839A multitude of small delights constitute happiness.
—Charles Baudelaire, 1897Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea? How did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.
—Sydney Smith, 1855They are trying to make me into a fixed star. I am an irregular planet.
—Martin Luther, c. 1530Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1776The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
—Horace, c. 25 BCIt is delightful to read on the spot the impressions and opinions of tourists who visited a hundred years ago, in the vehicles and with the aesthetic prejudices of the period, the places which you are visiting now. The voyage ceases to be a mere tour through space; you travel through time and thought as well.
—Aldous Huxley, 1925