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I proclaim night more truthful than the day.

—Léopold Sédar Senghor, 1956

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, 1834

He who sings frightens away his ills.

—Miguel de Cervantes, 1605

Power is so apt to be insolent, and Liberty to be saucy, that they are very seldom upon good terms.

—George Savile, c. 1690

Think rich. Look poor.

—Andy Warhol, 1975

You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

—Joseph Conrad, 1900

To need to dominate others is to need others. The commander is dependent.

—Fernando Pessoa, c. 1935

The gift of a common tongue is a priceless inheritance and it may well some day become the foundation of a common citizenship.

—Winston Churchill, 1943

Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.

—Bertrand Russell, 1930

I mean, why on earth (outside sickness and hangovers) aren’t people continually drunk? I want ecstasy of the mind all the time.

—Jack Kerouac, 1957

A bad reputation is easy to come by, painful to bear, and difficult to clear.

—Hesiod, c. 700 BC

I am no courtesan, nor moderator, nor tribune, nor defender of the people: I am myself the people.

—Maximilien Robespierre, 1792

Spring now comes unheralded by the return of the birds, and the early mornings are strangely silent where once they were filled with the beauty of birdsong.

—Rachel Carson, 1962