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The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God.

—William Blake, 1793

The people are the foundation of the state. If the foundations are firm, the state will be tranquil.

—Classic of History, c. 400 BC

How like to us is that filthy beast the ape.

—Cicero, 45 BC

O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man’s eyes.

—William Shakespeare, c. 1599

He that commands the sea is at great liberty and may take as much and as little of the war as he will.

—Francis Bacon, c. 1600

When we define democracy now, it must still be as a thing hoped for but not seen.

—Pearl S. Buck, 1941

All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.

—Al Smith, 1933

Every country has the government it deserves.

—Joseph de Maistre, 1811

Emigration is easy, but immigration is something else. To flee, yes; but to be accepted?

—Victoria Wolff, 1943

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

—Book of Proverbs, c. 150 BC

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest.

—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BC

The day unravels what the night has woven.

—Walter Benjamin, 1929

Youth, youth, springtime of beauty.

—Anthem of the National Fascist Party, c. 1924