Quotes

Envy is the basis of democracy.

—Bertrand Russell, 1930

Unfortunately, humanitarianism has been the mark of an inhuman time.

—G.K. Chesterton, 1932

Keep running after a dog, and he will never bite you.

—François Rabelais, 1535

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

—Robertson Davies, 1985

There is no profit without another’s loss.

—Roman proverb

Plough deep while sluggards sleep.

—Benjamin Franklin, 1758

Death from the bubonic plague is rated, with crucifixion, among the nastiest human experiences of all.

—Guy R. Williams, 1975

Nature contains no one constant form.

—Paul-Henri Dietrich d’Holbach, 1770

All that we know is nothing can be known.

—Lord Byron, 1812

A mind lively and at ease can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.

—Jane Austen, 1815

Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.

—La Rochefoucauld, 1665

He laughs best who laughs last.

—French proverb

I wants to make your flesh creep.

—Charles Dickens, 1837

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