I quit life as from an inn, not as from a home.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 44 BC
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Envy is the basis of democracy.
—Bertrand Russell, 1930Seek not water, only show you are thirsty, / That water may spring up all around you.
—Rumi, c. 1260Eight hours for work, eight hours for sleep, eight hours for what we will.
—Slogan of the National Labor Union of the United States, 1866A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.
—Jane Austen, 1814A crowded police court docket is the surest sign that trade is brisk and money plenty.
—Mark Twain, 1872Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.
—Quentin Crisp, 1968A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1944A jest breaks no bones.
—Samuel Johnson, 1781Love lasteth as long as the money endureth.
—William Caxton, 1476A first-class man subsists on the matter he destroys.
—Saul Bellow, 1989One thing alone not even God can do: to make undone whatever has been done.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BCThe envious die not once, but as often as the envied win applause.
—Baltasar Gracián, 1647