The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.
—Edward VIII, 1957
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Man is merely a more perfect animal than the rest. He reasons better.
—Napoleon Bonaparte, 1816The fear of the Lord is true wisdom, and he who hath it not can in no way penetrate the true secrets of magic.
—Abraham the Jew, c. 1400A miracle drug is any drug that will do what the label says it will do.
—Eric Hodgins, 1964I take it as a prime cause of the present confusion of society that it is too sickly and too doubtful to use pleasure frankly as a test of value.
—Rebecca West, 1939A maid that laughs is half taken.
—John Ray, 1670For, say they, when cruising in an empty ship, if you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.
—Herman Melville, 1851After midnight the moon set and I was alone with the stars. I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty, and I need no other flight to convince me that the reason flyers fly, whether they know it or not, is the aesthetic appeal of flying.
—Amelia Earhart, 1935My language is the common prostitute that I turn into a virgin.
—Karl Kraus, c. 1910There is only one antidote to mental suffering and that is physical pain.
—Karl Marx, 1860These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.
—Claude Monet, 1908I looked and there was a pale green horse! Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed with him.
—Book of Revelations, c. 90Idolatry is the mother of all games.
—Novatian, c. 255