No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
—Abraham Lincoln
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Lord, I do not ask that thou shouldst give me wealth; only show me where it is, and I will attend to the rest.
—Kate Douglas Wiggin, 1898Quarreling must lead to disorder, and disorder exhaustion.
—Xunzi, c. 250 BCEight hours for work, eight hours for sleep, eight hours for what we will.
—Slogan of the National Labor Union of the United States, 1866If one hears bad music, it is one’s duty to drown it by conversation.
—Oscar Wilde, 1890Dreams have always been my friend, full of information, full of warnings.
—Doris Lessing, 1994The legislator is like the navigator of a ship on the high seas. He can steer the vessel on which he sails, but he cannot alter its construction, raise the wind, or stop the waves from swelling beneath his feet.
—Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835It’s good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for a while their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers.
—Maya Angelou, 2011Drive out nature with a pitchfork, and she will always come back.
—Horace, c. 25 BCHealth in all lands is among the indispensable guarantees of human progress.
—Helen Keller, 1936To live exiled from a place you have known intimately is to experience sensory deprivation. A wide-awake coma.
—Gretel Ehrlich, 1994If I had the use of my body I would throw it out of the window.
—Samuel Beckett, 1951There is no crime without precedent.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 60