To ensure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough; a police force is needed as well.
—Albert Camus, 1951
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The gods play games with men as balls.
—Plautus, c. 200 BCFear is the foundation of most governments.
—John Adams, 1776I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.
—Roald Dahl, 1984The life of a sailor is very unhealthy.
—Francis Galton, 1883Can you take your country with you on the soles of your shoes?
—Georg Büchner, 1835The best moment of love is when the lover leaves in the taxi.
—Michel Foucault, c. 1982No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called games.
—W.H. Auden, 1962You must not grow used to making money out of everything. One sees more people ruined than one has seen preserved by shameful gains.
—Sophocles, c. 442 BCThere is something stirring in the way civilization gapes like a savage at the achievements of nature.
—Karl Kraus, 1909I don’t believe in an afterlife, although I am bringing a change of underwear.
—Woody Allen, 1971Speak without regard for the consequences, and it is too late for silence when disaster strikes.
—Huan Kuan, 81 BCWhen you name yourself, you always name another.
—Bertolt Brecht, 1926