Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1903
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The features of our face are hardly more than gestures which force of habit has made permanent.
—Marcel Proust, 1919There is a time to battle against nature, and a time to obey her. True wisdom lies in making the right choice.
—Arthur C. Clarke, 1979Friend! It is a common word, often lightly used. Like other good and beautiful things, it may be tarnished by careless handling.
—Harriet Jacobs, 1861The art of invention grows young with the things invented.
—Francis Bacon, 1605Mammon, n. The god of the world’s leading religion. His chief temple is in the holy city of New York.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1911Toil is man’s allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that’s more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.
—Herman Melville, 1849God is making commerce his missionary.
—Joseph Cook, c. 1877Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.
—Rosa Luxemburg, 1918Shame on the soul, to falter on the road of life while the body still perseveres.
—Marcus Aurelius, c. 170Revolutions are not about trifles, but they are produced by trifles.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BCFrom a man’s face, I can read his character. If I can see him walk, I know his thoughts.
—Gaius Petronius Arbiter, c. 60Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve and from which he cannot escape.
—Erich Fromm, 1947