The land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
—The Bible
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Talk 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, 1961There is no solitude in the world like that of the big city.
—Kathleen Norris, 1931All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.
—Al Smith, 1933Man and animals are really the conduit of food, the sepulcher of animals, and resting place of the dead, one causing the death of the other, making themselves the covering for the corruption of other dead bodies.
—Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1500There are some who, if a cat accidentally comes into the room, though they neither see it nor are told of it, will presently be in a sweat and ready to die away.
—Increase Mather, 1684Carnal embrace is the practice of throwing one’s arms around a side of beef.
—Tom Stoppard, 1993Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain there would be no life.
—John Updike, 1989The features of our face are hardly more than gestures which force of habit has made permanent.
—Marcel Proust, 1919The human body is the best picture of the human soul.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, c. 1947The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.
—James Fenimore Cooper, 1838Memories are hunting horns
whose noise dies away in the wind.
Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them.
—Miriam Makeba, 1988