Necessity knows no law except to conquer.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC
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Religion is by no means a proper subject of conversation in mixed company.
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 1754For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.
—Charles Baudelaire, c. 1865On no other stage are the scenes shifted with a swiftness so like magic as on the great stage of history when once the hour strikes.
—Edward Bellamy, 1888Every thought is, strictly speaking, an afterthought.
—Hannah Arendt, 1978It is so difficult not to become vain about one’s own good luck.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1963Who hears the fishes when they cry?
—Henry David Thoreau, 1849Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
—Samuel Johnson, c. 1770All people have the common desire to be elevated in honor, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
—Mencius, c. 330 BCEducation is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs only to the people who prepare for it today.
—Malcolm X, 1964Every fool becomes a philosopher after ten days of rain.
—Clover Adams, 1882How sickness enlarges the dimension of a man’s self to himself! He is his own exclusive object.
—Charles Lamb, 1833When nature is overriden, she takes her revenge.
—Marya Mannes, 1958