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Fear is the foundation of most governments. 

—John Adams, 1776

Under the wide and starry sky, / Dig the grave and let me lie.

—Robert Louis Stevenson, 1887

The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.

—Horace, c. 25 BC

Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

—Book of Job, c. 600 BC

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

—Instructions of Ankhsheshonqy, c. 100 BC

Every country has the government it deserves.

—Joseph de Maistre, 1811

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.

—Tennessee Williams, 1953

Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.

—Marlene Dietrich, 1962

To live outside the law you must be honest.  

—Bob Dylan, 1966

The workers are the saviors of society, the redeemers of the race.

—Eugene V. Debs, 1905

The smell of rain is rich with life.

—Estela Portillo Trambley, 1975

He who laugheth too much, hath the nature of a fool; he that laugheth not at all, hath the nature of an old cat.

—Thomas Fuller, 1732

My own experience is that a certain kind of genius among students is best brought out in bed.

—Allen Ginsberg, 1981