The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1908
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At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
—W. Somerset Maugham, 1896The friend of all humanity is no friend to me.
—Molière, 1666Never trust her at any time when the calm sea shows her false alluring smile.
—Lucretius, c. 60 BCMan is no man, but a wolf, to a stranger.
—Plautus, c. 200 BCThe highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
—Charles Darwin, 1871Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost.
—Robert Southey, 1809Necessity knows no law except to conquer.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCWe have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.
—Oscar Wilde, 1887I tell you, there is such a thing as creative hate!
—Willa Cather, 1915To put one’s trust in God is only a longer way of saying that one will chance it.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890If my books had been any worse I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better I should not have come.
—Raymond Chandler, 1945The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases. We go on a journey chiefly to be free of all impediments and of all inconveniences—to leave ourselves behind, much more to get rid of others.
—William Hazlitt, 1822