Do you suppose it possible to know democracy without knowing the people?
—Xenophon, c. 370 BC
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The people are the foundation of the state. If the foundations are firm, the state will be tranquil.
—Classic of History, c. 400 BCWhen you name yourself, you always name another.
—Bertolt Brecht, 1926Because the newer methods of treatment are good, it does not follow that the old ones were bad: for if our honorable and worshipful ancestors had not recovered from their ailments, you and I would not be here today.
—Confucius, c. 515 BCIt’s the end of the world every day, for someone.
—Margaret Atwood, 2000A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world as a public indecency.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1615Wit enables us to act rudely with impunity.
—La Rochefoucauld, 1678Well now, there’s a remedy for everything except death.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1605Under all speech that is good for anything, there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as eternity; speech is shallow as time.
—Thomas Carlyle, 1838We need strength, we need energy, we need quickness, and we need brain in this country to turn it around.
—Donald Trump, 2015Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny, they have only shifted it to another shoulder.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1903Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCThe ability to store our data externally helps us imagine that our time is limitless, our space infinite.
—Carina Chocano, 2012