Men are what their mothers made them.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1860
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Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1755Man has here two and a half minutes—one to smile, one to sigh, and half a one to love; for in the midst of this minute he dies.
—Jean Paul, 1795Education has become a prisoner of contemporaneity. It is the past, not the dizzy present, that is the best door to the future.
—Camille Paglia, 1992Repetition is the mother of education.
—Jean Paul, 1807If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail.
—Fran Lebowitz, 1981When you name yourself, you always name another.
—Bertolt Brecht, 1926The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.
—Edward VIII, 1957It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
—Dolores Ibárruri, 1936Death renders all equal.
—Claudian, c. 395Too many people have decided to do without generosity in order to practice charity.
—Albert Camus, 1956The most socially subversive institution of our time is the one-parent family.
—Paul Johnson, 1989’Tis the sport to have the engineer / Hoist with his own petard.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1600