The 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, 1821
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Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
—Ecclesiastes, c. 250 BCYouth, youth, springtime of beauty.
—Anthem of the National Fascist Party, c. 1924He who sings frightens away his ills.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1605Family! Thou art the home of all social evil, a charitable institution for comfortable women, an anchorage for house-fathers, and a hell for children.
—August Strindberg, 1886The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God.
—William Blake, 1793In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.
—Voltaire, 1764Let him who desires peace prepare for war.
—Vegetius, c. 385A jest breaks no bones.
—Samuel Johnson, 1781It is hell to belong to a suppressed minority.
—Claude McKay, 1937What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how to learn.
—Henry Adams, 1907Time robs us of all, even of memory.
—Virgil, c. 40 BCAll pain is one malady with many names.
—Antiphanes, c. 400 BC