Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
—Calvin Coolidge, 1932
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If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it.
—Martial, c. 86Sooner or later if the activity of the mind is restricted anywhere, it will cease to function even where it is allowed to be free.
—Edith Hamilton, 1930Drive your cart and your plow over the bones of the dead.
—William Blake, c. 1790It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
—Frederick Douglass, 1852Religion is by no means a proper subject of conversation in mixed company.
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 1754Oh, democracy! Whither are you leading us?
—Aristophanes, 414 BCThere is a time to battle against nature, and a time to obey her. True wisdom lies in making the right choice.
—Arthur C. Clarke, 1979In every human breast, God has implanted a principle, which we call love of freedom; it is impatient of oppression and pants for deliverance.
—Phillis Wheatley, 1774No poems can please long, nor live, that are written by water drinkers.
—Horace, 35 BCDemocracy is the fig leaf of elitism.
—Florence King, 1989If not us, who? If not now, when?
—Czech slogan, 1989Talk to me about the truth of religion and I’ll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I’ll listen submissively. But don’t come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don’t understand.
—C.S. Lewis, 1961