Jokes are grievances.
—Marshall McLuhan, 1969
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Envy and hatred are apt to blind the eyes and render them unable to behold things as they are.
—Margaret of Valois, c. 1600Keep no company with those whose position is high but whose morals are low.
—Ge Hong, c. 320The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
—Oscar Wilde, 1891Drive your cart and your plow over the bones of the dead.
—William Blake, c. 1790Revolutions never go backward.
—Thomas Skidmore, 1829The man in constant fear is every day condemned.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCHow sad a sight is human happiness to those whose thoughts can pierce beyond an hour!
—Edward Young, 1741Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
—Reinhold Niebuhr, 1944Ah! Freedom is a noble thing!
—John Barbour, 1375Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
—H.G. Wells, 1920Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BCI looked and there was a pale green horse! Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed with him.
—Book of Revelations, c. 90