It’s the end of the world every day, for someone.
—Margaret Atwood, 2000
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Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.
—Gore Vidal, 1981Do you suppose it possible to know democracy without knowing the people?
—Xenophon, c. 370 BCThere never was a good war or a bad peace.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1773Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
—Oscar Wilde, 1893He who treats another human being as divine thereby assigns to himself the relative status of a child or an animal.
—E. R. Dodds, 1951I used to think that everyone was just being funny. But now I don’t know. I mean, how can you tell?
—Andy Warhol, 1970The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time.
—Luis Buñuel, 1983The king times are fast finishing. There will be blood shed like water, and tears like mist; but the peoples will conquer in the end.
—Lord Byron, 1821Night is torment. That is why people go to sleep. To avoid clear sight and torment.
—Dorothy M. Richardson, 1923You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she’ll be constantly running back.
—Horace, 20 BCNothing but a permanent body can check the imprudence of democracy.
—Alexander Hamilton, 1787A maid that laughs is half taken.
—John Ray, 1670