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It costs a lot of money to be rich.

—Peter Boyle, 2002

As is the face, so is the mind.

—Roman proverb

That which the sober man keeps in his breast, the drunken man lets out at the lips. Astute people, when they want to ascertain a man’s true character, make him drunk.

—Martin Luther, 1569

Ah! Freedom is a noble thing!

—John Barbour, 1375

Some things are privileged from jest—namely, religion, matters of state, great persons, all men’s present business of importance, and any case that deserves pity.

—Francis Bacon, 1597

When law can do no right,
Let it be lawful that law bar no wrong.

—William Shakespeare, c. 1594

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty, and death of public opinion.

—Samuel Butler, c. 1902

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard for their own interest.

—Adam Smith, 1776

A regime which combines perpetual surveillance with total indulgence is hardly conducive to healthy development.

—P.D. James, 1992

Be temperate in wine, in eating, girls, and sloth, or the Gout will seize you.

—Benjamin Franklin, 1734

He who sings frightens away his ills.

—Miguel de Cervantes, 1605

Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.

—Arthur Griffiths, 1899

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

—Aleister Crowley, c. 1925