Imitate the ass in his love to his master.
—St. John Chrysostom, c. 388
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More and more I like to take a train. I understand why the French prefer it to automobiling—it is so much more sociable, and of course these days so much more of an adventure, and the irregularity of its regularity is fascinating.
—Gertrude Stein, 1943Fear is the foundation of most governments.
—John Adams, 1776Nothing is so much to be shunned as sex relations.
—Saint Augustine, c. 387Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCThe fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of a gun.
—P.G. Wodehouse, 1929If my books had been any worse I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better I should not have come.
—Raymond Chandler, 1945We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
—Jonathan Swift, 1706Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.
—Aphra Behn, 1677I am sick and tired of publicity. I want no more of it. It puts me in a bad light. I just want to be forgotten.
—Al Capone, 1929Being offended is the natural consequence of leaving one’s home.
—Fran Lebowitz, 1981O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.
—Horace, c. 8 BCThe temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
—Basho, c. 1690