I have often repented speaking, but never of holding my tongue.
—Xenocrates, c. 350 BC
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My interest is in the future, because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.
—Charles F. Kettering, 1946Eight hours for work, eight hours for sleep, eight hours for what we will.
—Slogan of the National Labor Union of the United States, 1866To hide and feel guilty would be the beginning of defeat.
—Milan Kundera, 1978Every house: temple, empire, school.
—Joseph Joubert, 1800The features of our face are hardly more than gestures which force of habit has made permanent.
—Marcel Proust, 1919Much money makes a country poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing.
—George Herbert, 1640It’s frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself… it seems unfair. You can’t assume the responsibility for everything you do—or don’t do.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1966The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BCAnd then, sir, there is this consideration: that if the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up and, claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system.
—Samuel Johnson, 1791If law and justice do not attain their ends, the people will be unable to move hand or foot.
—Confucius, c. 500Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.
—Margaret Mead, 1972Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
—Tom Robbins, 1976