Revolutions are always verbose.
—Leon Trotsky, 1933
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The less intelligent the white man is, the more stupid he thinks the black.
—André Gide, 1927Hospitality consists in a little fire, a little food, and an immense quiet.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1856Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don’t take it too seriously.
—Henry Miller, 1945Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.
—David Hume, 1742Rewards and punishment are the lowest form of education.
—Zhuangzi, c. 286 BCAlas! We are ridiculous animals.
—Horace Walpole, 1777All men recognize the right of revolution, that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable.
—Henry David Thoreau, 1849He who would be happy should stay at home.
—Greek proverbSex is the last refuge of the miserable.
—Quentin Crisp, 1968Journalists belong in the gutter, because that is where the ruling classes throw their guilty secrets.
—Gerald Priestland, 1988When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
—St. Jerome, 395Cheating is more honorable than stealing.
—German proverb