An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.
—George Eliot, 1866
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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
—Bertrand Russell, 1930It is hard when nature does not respect your intentions, and she never does exactly respect them.
—Wendell Berry, 1985Pushing someone toward liberty does not set her free; taking the chains off a prisoner does not give him freedom.
—Ken Bugul, 1982Bright youth passes as quickly as thought.
—Theognis, c. 550 BCFriend! It is a common word, often lightly used. Like other good and beautiful things, it may be tarnished by careless handling.
—Harriet Jacobs, 1861Words pay no debts.
—William Shakespeare, 1601Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1921Travelers, poets, and liars are three words all of one significance.
—Richard Brathwaite, 1631The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body.
—Arthur Schopenhauer, 1851I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do—that was one of my favorite things about it—and when I first did it, I felt perverse.
—Diane Arbus, c. 1950Do that which consists in taking no action, and order will prevail.
—Laozi, c. 500 BCWho sees all beings in his own self, and his own self in all beings, loses all fear.
—The Upanishads, c. 800 BC