Thou art not to learn the humors and tricks of that old bald cheater, time.
—Ben Jonson, 1601
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Nobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it.
—Kin HubbardRevolutions never go backward.
—Thomas Skidmore, 1829Nothing is so easy as to deceive one’s self; for what we wish, that we readily believe.
—Demosthenes, 349 BCNature’s rules have no exceptions.
—Herbert Spencer, 1851Colonialism has meant selling our ore and being left with the holes.
—Samora Moisés Machel, c. 1976War is fear cloaked in courage.
—William Westmoreland, 1966You can put wings on a pig, but you don’t make it an eagle.
—Bill Clinton, 1996I have loved the stars too truly to be fearful of the night.
—Sarah Williams, 1868The atavistic urge toward danger persists and its satisfaction is called adventure.
—John Steinbeck, 1941Health can make money, but money cannot make health.
—Maria Edgeworth, 1833To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.
—Oscar Wilde, 1891Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899