He may be a patriot for Austria, but the question is whether he is a patriot for me.
—Emperor Francis Joseph, c. 1850
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The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
—John Berger, 1984Are we not ourselves nature, nature without end?
—Stanisław Lem, 1961I am leaving the town to the invaders: increasingly numerous, mediocre, dirty, badly behaved, shameless tourists.
—Brigitte Bardot, 1989It is impossible to tell which of the two dispositions we find in men is more harmful in a republic, that which seeks to maintain an established position or that which has none but seeks to acquire it.
—Niccolò Machiavelli, c. 1515The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
—Aristotle, c. 330 BCThose who go overseas find a change of climate, not a change of soul.
—Horace, c. 20 BCTo achieve harmony in bad taste is the height of elegance.
—Jean Genet, 1949Freedom of the press is only guaranteed to those who own one.
—A.J. Liebling, 1960Anyone who’s never watched somebody die is suffering from a pretty bad case of virginity.
—John Osborne, 1956We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink, for dining alone is leading the life of a lion or wolf.
—Epicurus, c. 300 BCOur enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.
—George W. Bush, 2004Revolutions are not about trifles, but they are produced by trifles.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BC