Who draws his sword against his prince must throw away the scabbard.
—James Howell, 1659
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No one wins a quarrel by quarreling.
—German proverbEnvy and hatred are apt to blind the eyes and render them unable to behold things as they are.
—Margaret of Valois, c. 1600What one man can invent another can discover.
—Arthur Conan Doyle, 1905A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.
—Christina Stead, 1938Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever lays one down without a feeling of disappointment.
—Charles Lamb, 1833The country only has charms for those not obliged to stay there.
—Édouard Manet, c. 1860From the cradle to the coffin, underwear comes first.
—Bertolt Brecht, 1928Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations—wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco.
—Edmund Burke, 1795One of the saddest things is that the only thing that a man can do for eight hours a day, day after day, is work. You can’t eat eight hours a day, nor drink for eight hours a day, nor make love for eight hours.
—William Faulkner, 1958The power which the sea requires in the sailor makes a man of him very fast, and the change of shores and population clears his head of much nonsense of his wigwam.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1870Fire is a natural symbol of life and passion, though it is the one element in which nothing can actually live.
—Susanne K. Langer, 1942I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.
—Thomas Malory, c. 1470