As man disappears from sight, the land remains.
—Maori proverb
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I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king.
—Elizabeth I, 1588The man in constant fear is every day condemned.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCWhatever the apparent cause of any riots may be, the real one is always want of happiness.
—Thomas Paine, 1792A tree’s a tree. How many more do you need to look at?
—Ronald Reagan, 1965Wit enables us to act rudely with impunity.
—La Rochefoucauld, 1678Society as a whole must be converted into a gigantic school.
—Che Guevara, 1965History is a people’s memory, and without a memory man is demoted to the level of the lower animals.
—Malcolm X, 1964O flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified!
—William Shakespeare, c. 1596A good dog, sir, deserves a good bone.
—Ben Jonson, 1633And, after all, what is a lie? ’Tis but the truth in masquerade.
—Lord Byron, 1822Make human nature your study wherever you reside—whatever the religion or the complexion, study their hearts.
—Ignatius Sancho, 1778When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
—St. Jerome, 395