One of the things men should most strive to do is win a good reputation and see that no one questions it.
—Juan Manuel, 1335
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It is far, far better and much safer to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought.
—John Kenneth Galbraith, 1958The future, like everything else, is no longer quite what it used to be.
—Paul Valéry, 1931Nothing is more narrow-minded than chauvinism or racial hatred. To me all men are equal; there are flatheads everywhere and I despise them all equally.
—Karl Kraus, 1909What will not attract a man’s stare at sea?—a gull, a turtle, a flying fish!
—Richard Burton, 1883War has silenced all laws.
—Lucan, c. 65There is nothing sillier than a silly laugh.
—Catullus, c. 60 BCYou can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.
—Billie Holiday, 1956It is a luxury to be understood.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1831Death renders all equal.
—Claudian, c. 395What timid man does not avoid contact with the sick, fearing lest he contract a disease so near?
—Ovid, c. 10We and the dead ride quick at night.
—Gottfried August Bürger, 1773Memory is more indelible than ink.
—Anita Loos, 1974