I proclaim night more truthful than the day.
—Léopold Sédar Senghor, 1956
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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, 1834He who sings frightens away his ills.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1605Power is so apt to be insolent, and Liberty to be saucy, that they are very seldom upon good terms.
—George Savile, c. 1690Think rich. Look poor.
—Andy Warhol, 1975You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
—Joseph Conrad, 1900To need to dominate others is to need others. The commander is dependent.
—Fernando Pessoa, c. 1935The gift of a common tongue is a priceless inheritance and it may well some day become the foundation of a common citizenship.
—Winston Churchill, 1943Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
—Bertrand Russell, 1930I mean, why on earth (outside sickness and hangovers) aren’t people continually drunk? I want ecstasy of the mind all the time.
—Jack Kerouac, 1957A bad reputation is easy to come by, painful to bear, and difficult to clear.
—Hesiod, c. 700 BCI am no courtesan, nor moderator, nor tribune, nor defender of the people: I am myself the people.
—Maximilien Robespierre, 1792Spring 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