The life of a sailor is very unhealthy.
—Francis Galton, 1883
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Every man must descend into the flesh to meet mankind.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1910What touches all shall be approved by all.
—Edward I, 1295Whoever has died is freed from sin.
—St. Paul, c. 50The period is not very remote when the benefits of a liberal and free commerce will, pretty generally, succeed to the devastations and horrors of war.
—George Washington, 1786It is a certain sign of a wise government and proceeding, when it can hold men’s hearts by hopes, when it cannot by satisfaction.
—Francis Bacon, 1625In the Middle Ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion.
—Robert Runcie, 1988’Tis not a ridiculous devotion to say a prayer before a game at tables?
—Thomas Browne, 1642Plagues are as certain as death and taxes.
—Richard Krause, 1982It is not too much to expect that our children will enjoy in their homes electrical energy too cheap to meter.
—Lewis Strauss, 1954Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890I shall be an autocrat: that’s my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that’s his.
—Catherine the Great, c. 1796Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth but not its twin.
—Barbara Kingsolver, 1990