Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself.
—H.L. Mencken, 1919
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I order that my funeral ceremonies be extremely modest, and that they take place at dawn or at the evening Ave Maria, without song or music.
—Giuseppe Verdi, 1900Television has made dictatorship impossible, but democracy unbearable.
—Shimon Peres, 1995Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.
—Rosa Luxemburg, 1918If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.
—Francis Bacon, 1615Do you not see how God is praised by those in the heavens and those on earth? The very birds praised Him as they wing their way.
—The Qur’an, c. 620Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life.
—D.H. Lawrence, 1908From hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee.
—Herman Melville, 1851Disease makes men more physical, it leaves them nothing but body.
—Thomas Mann, 1924Bright youth passes as quickly as thought.
—Theognis, c. 550 BCI think that to get under the surface and really appreciate the beauty of any country, one has to go there poor.
—Grace Moore, 1944It is no longer a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, but a government of Wall Street, by Wall Street, and for Wall Street.
—Mary Lease, c. 1890God is a concept by which we measure our pain.
—John Lennon, 1970