All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the state.
—Albert Camus, 1951
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There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.
—Francis Bacon, 1625The wonderful sea charmed me from the first.
—Joshua Slocum, 1900By night an atheist half believes a God.
—Edward Young, c. 1745I don’t believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there’s one thing that’s dangerous for an artist, it’s precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and all the rest of it.
—Federico Fellini, c. 1950God seems to have left the receiver off the hook, and time is running out.
—Arthur Koestler, 1967Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth. Suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully.
—Julie Burchill, 1986On no other stage are the scenes shifted with a swiftness so like magic as on the great stage of history when once the hour strikes.
—Edward Bellamy, 1888Rivalry is the whetstone of talent.
—Roman proverbWho hears the fishes when they cry?
—Henry David Thoreau, 1849Don’t lose your mind unless you have paid for it.
—Stanisław Jerzy Lec, 1957All law is of necessity defective in the beginning.
—Han Yu, c. 800Few sons are equal to their fathers; most fall short, all too few surpass them.
—Homer, c. 750 BC