There is no work of human hands which time does not wear away and reduce to dust.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 46 BC
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Little folks become their little fate.
—Horace, c. 20 BCI shall curse you with book and bell and candle.
—Thomas Malory, c. 1470By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
—Confucius, c. 500 BCThe more corrupt the state, the more numerous its laws.
—Tacitus, c. 110He who would be happy should stay at home.
—Greek proverbI find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.
—Thomas Jefferson, 1789I never yet could make out why men are so fond of hunting; they often hurt themselves, often spoil good horses, and tear up the fields—and all for a hare or a fox or a stag that they could get more easily some other way.
—Anna Sewell, 1877Understanding is a very dull occupation.
—Gertrude Stein, 1937No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn of thought that elder people have in vain tried to put into our heads before.
—Jonathan Swift, 1706Divine nature gave the fields; human art built the cities.
—Marcus Terentius Varro, c. 70 BCHistory does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.
—Theodor Adorno, c. 1946Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government’s purposes are beneficent.
—Louis Brandeis, 1928