I’m at an age when my back goes out more than I do.
—Phyllis Diller, 1981
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Our crime against criminals is that we treat them as villains.
—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1898One of the things men should most strive to do is win a good reputation and see that no one questions it.
—Juan Manuel, 1335Let my epitaph be, “Here lies Joseph, who failed in everything he undertook.”
—Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II, 1790The great difficulty lies in trying to transpose last night’s moment to a day which has no knowledge of it.
—Zora Neale Hurston, 1942Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.
—Plato, c. 375 BCThe less a man knows about the past and the present, the more insecure must prove to be his judgment of the future.
—Sigmund Freud, 1927Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t.
—William Shakespeare, 1603Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899The gods play games with men as balls.
—Plautus, c. 200 BCLet the young know they will never find a more interesting, more instructive book than the patient himself.
—Giorgio Baglivi, c. 1696Thanks be to God: since my leaving drinking of wine, I do find myself much better and do mind my business better, and do spend less money, and less time lost in idle company.
—Samuel Pepys, 1662Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BC