No one makes a revolution by himself, and there are some revolutions which humanity accomplishes without quite knowing how, because it is everybody who takes them in hand.
—George Sand, 1851
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Friendship! Sir, there can be no such thing without an equality.
—George Farquhar, 1702Laughter always arises from a gaiety of disposition, absolutely incompatible with contempt and indignation.
—Voltaire, 1736For sooner will men hold fire in their mouths than keep a secret.
—Petronius, c. 60There is no man so fortunate that there shall not be by him when he is dying some who are pleased with what is going to happen.
—Marcus Aurelius, c. 175The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of all true art and science.
—Albert Einstein, 1930An ugly sight, a man who’s afraid.
—Jean Anouilh, 1944Nobody, who has not been in the interior of a family, can say what the difficulties of any individual of that family may be.
—Jane Austen, 1815Nature’s rules have no exceptions.
—Herbert Spencer, 1851Never make a defense or apology before you be accused.
—Charles I, 1636If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I’m going to go have the stuff tucked or plucked.
—Dolly Parton, 2003Water is the first principle of everything.
—Thales of Miletus, c. 600 BCTo get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.
—Oscar Wilde, 1891