War has silenced all laws.
—Lucan, c. 65
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When a traveler returneth home, let him not leave the countries where he hath traveled altogether behind him.
—Francis Bacon, 1625In a true democracy, everyone can be upper-class and live in Connecticut.
—Lisa Birnbach, 1980It is permitted to learn even from an enemy.
—Ovid, c. 8One religion is as true as another.
—Robert Burton, 1621Love is giving something you haven’t got to someone who doesn’t exist.
—Jacques LacanMan is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
—Anatole France, 1881Doing research on the web is like using a library assembled piecemeal by pack rats and vandalized nightly.
—Roger Ebert, 1998He who commands the sea has command of everything.
—Francis Bacon, c. 1600I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
—H. Rap Brown, 1967How sad a sight is human happiness to those whose thoughts can pierce beyond an hour!
—Edward Young, 1741Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.
—William Hazlitt, 1819Go to the ant, you lazybones; consider its ways, and be wise.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BC