Fame will go by and, so long, I’ve had you, fame. If it goes by, I’ve always known it was fickle. So at least it’s something I experienced, but that’s not where I live.
—Marilyn Monroe, 1962
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He laughs best who laughs last.
—French proverbMusic melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.
—Anaïs Nin, 1939Technology feeds on itself. Technology makes more technology possible.
—Alvin Toffler, 1970It is a certain sign of a wise government and proceeding, when it can hold men’s hearts by hopes, when it cannot by satisfaction.
—Francis Bacon, 1625No time to marry, no time to settle down, I’m a young woman, and ain’t done runnin’ round.
—Bessie Smith, 1926Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
—Mao Zedong, 1938When arms speak, the laws are silent.
—Cicero, 52 BCA change in the weather is sufficient to create the world and oneself anew.
—Marcel Proust, c. 1920The men of today are born to criticize; of Achilles they see only the heel.
—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1880Fashion, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1911Fire is a natural symbol of life and passion, though it is the one element in which nothing can actually live.
—Susanne K. Langer, 1942Happiness is no laughing matter.
—Richard Whately, 1843