Intolerance is evidence of impotence.
—Aleister Crowley, c. 1925
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We are a commercial people. We cannot boast of our arts, our crafts, our cultivation; our boast is in the wealth we produce.
—Ida M. Tarbell, 1904War is fear cloaked in courage.
—William Westmoreland, 1966The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth.
—Gaston Bachelard, 1960Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
—Mao Zedong, 1938To need to dominate others is to need others. The commander is dependent.
—Fernando Pessoa, c. 1935Your mind’s got to eat, too.
—Dambudzo Marechera, 1978To love a woman who scorns you is to lick honey from a thorn.
—Welsh proverbRevolution can never be forecast; it cannot be foretold; it comes of itself. Revolution is brewing and is bound to flare up.
—Vladimir Lenin, 1918As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
—Abraham Lincoln, c. 1858It is better to live unknown to the law.
—Irish proverbI cannot but bless the memory of Julius Caesar, for the great esteem he expressed for fat men and his aversion to lean ones.
—David Hume, 1751Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 30 BC