He who has nothing has no friends.
—Greek proverb
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The important thing, I think, is not to be bitter. You know, if it turns out that there is a God, I don’t think that he’s evil. I think that the worst thing you could say about him is that basically he’s an underachiever. After all, you know, there are worse things in life than death.
—Woody Allen, 1975Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.
—Jane Austen, 1811Why has the government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
—Alexander Hamilton, 1787It is impossible to translate the poets. Can you translate music?
—Voltaire, c. 1732You can’t find the soul with a scalpel.
—Gustave Flaubert, c. 1880When they shout “Long live progress,” always ask, “Progress of what?”
—Stanisław Jerzy Lec, 1957In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.
—Michel Foucault, 1975The most advanced nations are always those who navigate the most.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1870Revolutions are not about trifles, but they are produced by trifles.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BCThere is a sickness among tyrants: they cannot trust their friends.
—Aeschylus, c. 458 BCIt is the little causes, long continued, which are considered as bringing about the greatest changes of the earth.
—James Hutton, 1795Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1921