I’ve been on a calendar, but never on time.
—Marilyn Monroe, 1962
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Ah, there are no children nowadays.
—Molière, 1673There ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.
—Mark Twain, 1894Good men must not obey the laws too well.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844More pernicious nonsense was never devised by man than treaties of commerce.
—Benjamin Disraeli, 1880Though the boys throw stones at frogs in sport, yet the frogs do not die in sport but in earnest.
—Bion of Smyrna, c. 100 BCOne is never as unhappy as one thinks, nor as happy as one hopes.
—La Rochefoucauld, 1664The pleasure we hold in esteem for the course of our lives ought to have a greater share of our time dedicated to it; we should refuse no occasion nor omit any opportunity of drinking, and always have it in our minds.
—Michel de Montaigne, 1580He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
—Plautus, c. 200 BCWe need strength, we need energy, we need quickness, and we need brain in this country to turn it around.
—Donald Trump, 2015The mill will never grind with water that is past.
—Daniel McCallum, 1870Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
—Theodore Roosevelt, 1903Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism.
—Florence King, 1989