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To ensure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough; a police force is needed as well.

—Albert Camus, 1951

The gods play games with men as balls.

—Plautus, c. 200 BC

Fear is the foundation of most governments. 

—John Adams, 1776

I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.

—Roald Dahl, 1984

The life of a sailor is very unhealthy.

—Francis Galton, 1883

Can you take your country with you on the soles of your shoes?

—Georg Büchner, 1835

The best moment of love is when the lover leaves in the taxi.

—Michel Foucault, c. 1982

No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called games.

—W.H. Auden, 1962

You must not grow used to making money out of everything. One sees more people ruined than one has seen preserved by shameful gains.

—Sophocles, c. 442 BC

There is something stirring in the way civilization gapes like a savage at the achievements of nature.

—Karl Kraus, 1909

I don’t believe in an afterlife, although I am bringing a change of underwear.

—Woody Allen, 1971

Speak without regard for the consequences, and it is too late for silence when disaster strikes.

—Huan Kuan, 81 BC

When you name yourself, you always name another.

—Bertolt Brecht, 1926