The severity of a teacher is better than the love of a father.
—Saadi, 1258
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In revolutions men fall and rise. Long before this war is over, much as you hear me praised now, you may hear me cursed and insulted.
—William Tecumseh Sherman, 1864He that commands the sea is at great liberty and may take as much and as little of the war as he will.
—Francis Bacon, c. 1600Happiness is a warm puppy.
—Charles Schulz, 1971Play, wherein persons of condition, especially ladies, waste so much of their time, is a plain instance to me that men cannot be perfectly idle; they must be doing something, for how else could they sit so many hours toiling at that which generally gives more vexation than delight to people whilst they are actually engaged in it?
—John Locke, 1693As matron and mistress will differ in temper and tone, so will the friend be distinct from the faithless parasite.
—Horace, c. 20 BCLife is a farce, and should not end with a mourning scene.
—Horace Walpole, 1784The chief merit of language is clearness, and we know that nothing detracts so much from this as do unfamiliar terms.
—Galen, c. 175The only evidence, so far as I know, about another life is, first, that we have no evidence; and, secondly, that we are rather sorry that we have not, and wish we had.
—Robert G. Ingersoll, 1879In all the ancient states and empires, those who had the shipping, had the wealth.
—William Petty, 1690’Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1595All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
—Fran Lebowitz, 1978A bull contents himself with one meadow, and one forest is enough for a thousand elephants; but the little body of a man devours more than all other living creatures.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 64