O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.
—Horace, c. 8 BC
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Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream, to destroy the family.
—Gertrude Stein, 1940Children and fools cannot lie.
—John Heywood, 1546It’s the end of the world every day, for someone.
—Margaret Atwood, 2000To hide and feel guilty would be the beginning of defeat.
—Milan Kundera, 1978Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them.
—Miriam Makeba, 1988Business? Why, it’s very simple; business is other people’s money.
—Alexandre Dumas, 1857There was no treachery too base for the world to commit.
—Virginia Woolf, 1927Where shall I, of wandering weary, find my resting place at last?
—Heinrich Heine, 1827Keep running after a dog, and he will never bite you.
—François Rabelais, 1535The mind is led on, step by step, to defeat its own logic.
—Dai Vernon, 1994All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the state.
—Albert Camus, 1951The hatred of relatives is the bitterest.
—Tacitus, 117