I looked and there was a pale green horse! Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed with him.
—Book of Revelations, c. 90
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It is noble to die before doing anything that deserves death.
—Anaxandrides, c. 376Midnight shakes the memory
As a madman shakes a dead geranium.
In the society of men, the truth resides now less in what things are than in what they are not. Our social realities are so ugly if seen in the light of exiled truth, and beauty is almost no longer possible if it is not a lie.
—R.D. Laing, 1967I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received.
—Antonio Porchia, 1943The fact is certain because it is impossible.
—Tertullian, c. 200Commerce tends to wear off those prejudices which maintain distinction and animosity between nations.
—William Robertson, 1769There’s plenty of water in the universe without life, but nowhere is there life without water.
—Sylvia Alice Earle, 1995Everyone complains about his memory, and no one complains about his judgment.
—La Rochefoucauld, 1666One may like the love and despise the lover.
—George Farquhar, 1706When nature is overriden, she takes her revenge.
—Marya Mannes, 1958Rivalry adds so much to the charms of one’s conquests.
—Louisa May Alcott, 1866No poems can please long, nor live, that are written by water drinkers.
—Horace, 35 BC