I won’t be happy till I’m as famous as God.
—Madonna, c. 1985
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One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
—Oscar Wilde, 1895To live outside the law, you must be honest.
—Bob Dylan, 1966The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
—Basho, c. 1690Infectious disease is one of the few genuine adventures left in the world.
—Hans Zinsser, 1935O flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified!
—William Shakespeare, c. 1596Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.
—Jane Austen, 1818Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
—Bertrand Russell, 1930I am a man: I consider nothing human alien to me.
—Terence, 163 BCTo hold a throne is luck; to bestow it, virtue.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 45Even members of the nobility, let alone persons of no consequence, would do well not to have children.
—Yoshida Kenko, c. 1330Lord! I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.
—Jonathan Swift, 1738The king times are fast finishing. There will be blood shed like water, and tears like mist; but the peoples will conquer in the end.
—Lord Byron, 1821