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Egypt was the mother of magicians.

—Clement of Alexandria, c. 200

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

—Mao Zedong, 1938

A miracle drug is any drug that will do what the label says it will do.

—Eric Hodgins, 1964

In every human breast, God has implanted a principle, which we call love of freedom; it is impatient of oppression and pants for deliverance.

—Phillis Wheatley, 1774

Sex: in America, an obsession; in other parts of the world, a fact.

—Marlene Dietrich, 1962

One must love people a good deal whom one takes pains to convince or instruct.

—Mary de la Riviere Manley, 1720

Where shall I, of wandering weary, find my resting place at last?

—Heinrich Heine, 1827

Happiness is not something you can catch and lock up in a vault like wealth. Happiness is nothing but everyday living seen through a veil.

—Zora Neale Hurston, 1939

What hath night to do with sleep?

—John Milton, 1637

If people think Nature is their friend, then they sure don’t need an enemy.

—Kurt Vonnegut, 1988

Some are born to sweet delight,
Some are born to endless night.

—William Blake, c. 1803

People react to fear, not love—they don’t teach that in Sunday school, but it’s true.

—Richard Nixon, 1975

Be temperate in wine, in eating, girls, and sloth, or the Gout will seize you.

—Benjamin Franklin, 1734