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Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.

—Margaret Mead, 1972

Perish the universe, provided I have my revenge.

—Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac, 1654

Who draws his sword against his prince must throw away the scabbard.

—James Howell, 1659

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.

—Thomas Jefferson, 1789

What water gives, water takes away.

—Portuguese proverb

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

—Frank Zappa, c. 1975

God is alive. Magic is afoot.

—Leonard Cohen, 1966

Much money makes a country poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing.

—George Herbert, 1640

Time’s violence rends the soul; by the rent eternity enters.

—Simone Weil, 1947

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

—Marianne Moore, 1935

My own experience is that a certain kind of genius among students is best brought out in bed.

—Allen Ginsberg, 1981

Familiarity breeds contempt—and children.

—Mark Twain, c. 1900

Television is democracy at its ugliest.

—Paddy Chayefsky, 1976