Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1947
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Drive out nature with a pitchfork, and she will always come back.
—Horace, c. 25 BCWhat a man does abroad by night requires and implies more deliberate energy than what he is encouraged to do in the sunshine.
—Henry David Thoreau, 1852Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
—E.B. White, 1944Words pay no debts.
—William Shakespeare, 1601Time, when it is left to itself and no definite demands are made on it, cannot be trusted to move at any recognized pace. Usually it loiters, but just when one has come to count upon its slowness, it may suddenly break into a wild irrational gallop.
—Edith Wharton, 1905Once suspicion is aroused, everything feeds it.
—Amelia Edith Barr, 1885So many men, so many opinions.
—Terence, 161 BCBusiness? Why, it’s very simple; business is other people’s money.
—Alexandre Dumas, 1857Every man must descend into the flesh to meet mankind.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1910The U.S. presidency is a Tudor monarchy plus telephones.
—Anthony Burgess, 1972A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated has not the art of getting drunk.
—Samuel Johnson, 1779Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1755