There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver.
—Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1898
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Who sees all beings in his own self, and his own self in all beings, loses all fear.
—The Upanishads, c. 800 BCMen are merriest when they are from home.
—William Shakespeare, 1599One is never as unhappy as one thinks, nor as happy as one hopes.
—La Rochefoucauld, 1664From a man’s face, I can read his character. If I can see him walk, I know his thoughts.
—Gaius Petronius Arbiter, c. 60The one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous.
—Salvador Dalí, 1953Mother died today. Or maybe it was yesterday, I don’t know.
—Albert Camus, 1942Drinking with women is as unnatural as scolding with ’em.
—William Wycherley, 1675Because the newer methods of treatment are good, it does not follow that the old ones were bad: for if our honorable and worshipful ancestors had not recovered from their ailments, you and I would not be here today.
—Confucius, c. 515 BCWhat man was ever content with one crime?
—Juvenal, c. 125Colonialism has meant selling our ore and being left with the holes.
—Samora Moisés Machel, c. 1976Understanding is a very dull occupation.
—Gertrude Stein, 1937I never even saw the use of the sea. Many a sad heart has it caused, and many a sick stomach has it occasioned! The boldest sailor climbs on board with a heavy soul and leaps on land with a light spirit.
—Benjamin Disraeli, 1827