Of troubles none is greater than to be robbed of one’s native land.
—Euripides, 431 BC
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Never trust her at any time when the calm sea shows her false alluring smile.
—Lucretius, c. 60 BCI have loved war too well.
—Louis XIV, 1715The law is not the same at morning and at night.
—George Herbert, c. 1633I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1902In revolutions men fall and rise. Long before this war is over, much as you hear me praised now, you may hear me cursed and insulted.
—William Tecumseh Sherman, 1864If you are truly serious about preparing your child for the future, don’t teach him to subtract—teach him to deduct.
—Fran Lebowitz, 1981Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made.
—Immanuel Kant, 1784Communities do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
—Benjamin Disraeli, 1863Nothing is hidden from the eyes of the observing world.
—Aleksandr Pushkin, 1837Despotism achieves great things illegally; democracy doesn’t even take the trouble to achieve small things legally.
—Honoré de Balzac, 1831I have been a stranger here in my own land all my life.
—Sophocles, c. 441 BCTo hide and feel guilty would be the beginning of defeat.
—Milan Kundera, 1978