From hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee.
—Herman Melville, 1851
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Business is other people’s money.
—Delphine de Girardin, 1852I am ill every time it blows hard, and nothing but my enthusiastic love for the profession keeps me one hour at sea.
—Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1804Courage and grace is a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.
—Marlene Dietrich, 1962Under the wide and starry sky, / Dig the grave and let me lie.
—Robert Louis Stevenson, 1887Laws, like houses, lean on one another.
—Edmund Burke, 1765The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
—Steve Biko, 1971If I played in New York, they’d name a candy bar after me.
—Reggie Jackson, 1976A miracle drug is any drug that will do what the label says it will do.
—Eric Hodgins, 1964Some things are privileged from jest—namely, religion, matters of state, great persons, all men’s present business of importance, and any case that deserves pity.
—Francis Bacon, 1597Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.
—D.H. Lawrence, 1911The root of the kingdom is in the State. The root of the State is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its Head.
—Mencius, c. 270 BCEducation is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.
—Joseph Stalin, 1934