An ugly sight, a man who’s afraid.
—Jean Anouilh, 1944
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Divine nature gave the fields; human art built the cities.
—Marcus Terentius Varro, c. 70 BCA woman should never be seen eating or drinking unless it be lobster salad and champagne, the only truly feminine and becoming viands.
—Lord Byron, 1812Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
—Henry Kissinger, 1972Democracy cannot be static. Whatever is static is dead.
—Eleanor Roosevelt, 1942Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals—except the weasel.
—The Simpsons, 1993A false report rides post.
—English proverbThe tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.
—Thomas Jefferson, 1787Curse on all laws but those which love has made.
—Alexander Pope, 1717Talk to me about the truth of religion and I’ll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I’ll listen submissively. But don’t come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don’t understand.
—C.S. Lewis, 1961If the bird does like its cage, and does like its sugar, and will not leave it, why keep the door so very carefully shut?
—Olive Schreiner, 1883For sooner will men hold fire in their mouths than keep a secret.
—Petronius, c. 60The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution.
—Hannah Arendt, 1970