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Bright youth passes as quickly as thought.

—Theognis, c. 550 BC

My father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother, and on her bosom I will recline.

—Tecumseh, 1810

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.

—Dean Acheson, 1970

Whoever has died is freed from sin.

—St. Paul, c. 50

Every country has the government it deserves.

—Joseph de Maistre, 1811

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

What touches all shall be approved by all.

—Edward I, 1295

The misfortune of the man of color is having been enslaved. The misfortune and inhumanity of the white man are having killed man somewhere.

—Frantz Fanon, 1952

I’ve been on more laps than a napkin.

—Mae West

Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of.

—Robert Benchley, 1935

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude—roots that can be pulled up.

—George Eliot, 1876

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

—Benjamin Franklin, 1735

The self is like an infant: given free rein, it craves to suckle.

—al-Busiri, c. 1250