Man is no man, but a wolf, to a stranger.
—Plautus, c. 200 BC
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Diseases, at least many of them, are like human beings. They are born, they flourish, and they die.
—David Riesman, 1937You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.
—Billie Holiday, 1956O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man’s eyes.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1599Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
—Alexander Pope, 1738This is Year Zero.
—Pol Pot, 1975Sometime they’ll give a war and nobody will come.
—Carl Sandburg, 1936If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little.
—Mobutu Sese Seko, 1991That obtained in youth may endure like characters engraved in stones.
—Ibn Gabirol, 1040Comedy, like sodomy, is an unnatural act.
—Marty Feldman, 1969Happiness is a warm puppy.
—Charles Schulz, 1971To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.
—John Buchan, 1940Trade is a social act.
—John Stuart Mill, 1859