You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
—Joseph Conrad, 1900
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Most authors seek fame, but I seek for justice—a holier impulse than ever entered into the ambitious struggles of the votaries of that fickle, flirting goddess.
—Davy Crockett, 1834Keep no company with those whose position is high but whose morals are low.
—Ge Hong, c. 320I hate the present modes of living and getting a living. Farming and shopkeeping and working at a trade or profession are all odious to me. I should relish getting my living in a simple, primitive fashion.
—Henry David Thoreau, 1855It is a greater advantage to be honestly educated than honorably born.
—Erasmus, 1518We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.
—Oscar Wilde, 1887Divine nature gave the fields; human art built the cities.
—Marcus Terentius Varro, c. 70 BCWhen man wanted to make a machine that would walk, he created the wheel, which does not resemble a leg.
—Guillaume Apollinaire, 1917To be sick is to enjoy monarchal prerogatives.
—Charles Lamb, 1833It is men who make a city, not walls or ships.
—Thucydides, 410 BCAlas! We are ridiculous animals.
—Horace Walpole, 1777Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.
—George W. Bush, 2004Well now, there’s a remedy for everything except death.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1605