There is no crime without precedent.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 60
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The human working stock is of interest only insofar as it is profitable.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1970It is the little causes, long continued, which are considered as bringing about the greatest changes of the earth.
—James Hutton, 1795If you would help another man, you must do so in minute particulars.
—William Blake, 1804Ours is an age which consciously pursues health, and yet only believes in the reality of sickness.
—Susan Sontag, 1963Do you not see how God is praised by those in the heavens and those on earth? The very birds praised Him as they wing their way.
—The Qur’an, c. 620Anyone who’s never experienced the pleasure of betrayal doesn’t know what pleasure is.
—Jean Genet, 1986That which is evil is soon learned.
—John Ray, 1670By night an atheist half believes a God.
—Edward Young, c. 1745Do we want laurels for ourselves most, / Or most that no one else shall have any?
—Amy Lowell, 1922Carnal embrace is the practice of throwing one’s arms around a side of beef.
—Tom Stoppard, 1993Friendship is not possible between two women, one of whom is very well dressed.
—Laurie Colwin, 1978The unknown is the largest need of the intellect.
—Emily Dickinson, 1876