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The elephant, although a gross beast, is yet the most decent and most sensible of any other upon earth. Although he never changes his female, and hath so tender a love for her whom he hath chosen, yet he never couples with her but at the end of every three years, and then only for the space of five days.

—St. Francis de Sales, 1609

A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard.

—Martin Luther King Jr., c. 1967

There was no treachery too base for the world to commit.

—Virginia Woolf, 1927

Dance tunes are always right.

—Dylan Thomas, 1936

Friendship itself will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.

—Robert Wilson Lynd, 1924

From hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee.

—Herman Melville, 1851

Where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment.

—George Santayana, c. 1905

Youth, youth, springtime of beauty.

—Anthem of the National Fascist Party, c. 1924

Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had.

—Aristotle, c. 350 BC

To live outside the law, you must be honest.

—Bob Dylan, 1966

Appearances often are deceiving.

—Aesop, c. 550 BC

No real friendship without absolute liberty.

—George Sand, 1866

You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

—Aristophanes, c. 424 BC