If a parricide is more wicked than anyone who commits homicide—because he kills not merely a man but a near relative—without doubt worse still is he who kills himself, because there is none nearer to a man than himself.
—Saint Augustine, c. 420
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The men of today are born to criticize; of Achilles they see only the heel.
—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1880A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast.
—The BibleNo woman needs intercourse; few women escape it.
—Andrea Dworkin, 1978Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
—H.G. Wells, 1920Plough deep while sluggards sleep.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1758I have loved the stars too truly to be fearful of the night.
—Sarah Williams, 1868We cannot say what the woman might be physically, if the girl were not allowed all the freedom of the boy in romping, climbing, swimming, playing whoop and ball.
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1848Man is the one name belonging to every nation upon earth: there is one soul and many tongues, one spirit and various sounds; every country has its own speech, but the subjects of speech are common to all.
—Tertullian, c. 217After all, crime is only a left-handed form of human endeavor.
—John Huston, 1950Anyone who has a child should train him to be either a physicist or a ballet dancer. Then he’ll escape.
—W.H. Auden, 1947Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
—George Eliot, 1857I drink for the thirst to come.
—François Rabelais, 1535