The law is established from above but becomes custom below.
—Su Zhe, c. 1100
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And, after all, what is a lie? ’Tis but the truth in masquerade.
—Lord Byron, 1822He that commands the sea is at great liberty and may take as much and as little of the war as he will.
—Francis Bacon, c. 1600If I had the use of my body I would throw it out of the window.
—Samuel Beckett, 1951The law is far, the fist is near.
—Korean proverbI’ve been on a calendar, but never on time.
—Marilyn Monroe, 1962The 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, 1580Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
—Albert Camus, 1951An ugly sight, a man who’s afraid.
—Jean Anouilh, 1944Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes to work.
—Carl Sandburg, 1959The life of the city never lets you go, nor do you ever want it to.
—Wallace Stevens, 1952No real friendship without absolute liberty.
—George Sand, 1866The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we’d get into that rotten stuff pretty soon. Probably at the next gas station.
—Hunter S. Thompson, 1971