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Keep no company with those whose position is high but whose morals are low.
—Ge Hong, c. 320There are many civil questions that arise between individuals in which it is not so important the controversy be settled one way or another as that it be settled.
—William Howard Taft, 1921No man ever distinguished himself who could not bear to be laughed at.
—Maria Edgeworth, 1809The pleasure we hold in esteem for the course of our lives ought to have a greater share of our time dedicated to it; we should refuse no occasion nor omit any opportunity of drinking, and always have it in our minds.
—Michel de Montaigne, 1580Two things only the people anxiously desire, bread and the circus games.
—Juvenal, c. 121Can we not live without pleasure, who cannot but with pleasure die?
—Tertullian, c. 215Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the inclination of your heart and the desire of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
—Book of Ecclesiastes, c. 200 BCA true German can’t stand the French, / Yet willingly he drinks their wines.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1832It hurts to watch the fluency of a body acclimated to its shackling.
—Leslie Jamison, 2014Secrets define us, they mark us, they set us apart from all the others. The secrets which we preserve provide a key to who we are, deep down.
—Nuruddin Farah, 1998Anyone who in discussion quotes authority uses his memory rather than his intellect.
—Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1500People who’ve drunk neat wine don’t care a damn.
—Hipponax, c. 550 BC