In settling an island, the first building erected by a Spaniard will be a church, by a Frenchman a fort, by a Dutchman a warehouse, and by an Englishman an alehouse.
—Francis Grose, 1787
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Where shall I, of wandering weary, find my resting place at last?
—Heinrich Heine, 1827Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
—Plautus, c. 200 BCA society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
—Ralph Nader, 2000The Mughal’s nature is such that they demand miracles, but if a miracle were to be performed by some upright follower of our religion, they would say that it had been brought about by magic and sorcery. They would strike him down with spears or would stone him to death.
—Fr. Antonio Monserrate, 1590Who sleepeth with dogs shall rise with fleas.
—John Florio, 1578Sex: in America, an obsession; in other parts of the world, a fact.
—Marlene Dietrich, 1962Civilization, as we know it, is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.
—Arnold Toynbee, 1948Where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment.
—George Santayana, c. 1905No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning.
—Cyril Connolly, 1944Bright youth passes as quickly as thought.
—Theognis, c. 550 BCFriendship itself will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.
—Robert Wilson Lynd, 1924The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.
—Edward, Duke of Windsor, 1957