Fear is the foundation of most governments.
—John Adams, 1776
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Under the wide and starry sky, / Dig the grave and let me lie.
—Robert Louis Stevenson, 1887The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
—Horace, c. 25 BCResentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
—Book of Job, c. 600 BCGood fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.
—Instructions of Ankhsheshonqy, c. 100 BCEvery country has the government it deserves.
—Joseph de Maistre, 1811We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.
—Tennessee Williams, 1953Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
—Marlene Dietrich, 1962To live outside the law you must be honest.
—Bob Dylan, 1966The workers are the saviors of society, the redeemers of the race.
—Eugene V. Debs, 1905The smell of rain is rich with life.
—Estela Portillo Trambley, 1975He 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, 1732My own experience is that a certain kind of genius among students is best brought out in bed.
—Allen Ginsberg, 1981