One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
—Pindar, c. 450 BC
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The poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCDespotism subjects a nation to one tyrant—democracy to many.
—Marguerite Gardiner, 1839If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.
—Dorothy ParkerWhere shall I, of wandering weary, find my resting place at last?
—Heinrich Heine, 1827The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
—B.F. Skinner, 1969Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
—William Jennings Bryan, 1899Journalists belong in the gutter, because that is where the ruling classes throw their guilty secrets.
—Gerald Priestland, 1988Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.
—Socrates, c. 430 BCAll water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
—Toni Morrison, 1987We have to ask ourselves whether medicine is to remain a humanitarian and respected profession or a new but depersonalized science in the service of prolonging life rather than diminishing human suffering.
—Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, 1969The country only has charms for those not obliged to stay there.
—Édouard Manet, c. 1860Despotism achieves great things illegally; democracy doesn’t even take the trouble to achieve small things legally.
—Honoré de Balzac, 1831