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The human body is the best picture of the human soul.

—Ludwig Wittgenstein, c. 1947

Every man must descend into the flesh to meet mankind.

—G.K. Chesterton, 1910

What one man can invent another can discover.

—Arthur Conan Doyle, 1905

Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.

—Mencius, 300 BC

The world is wearied of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.

—Benjamin Disraeli, 1870

The brightest light burns the quickest.

—Olive Beatrice Muir, 1900

I tell you, there is such a thing as creative hate!

—Willa Cather, 1915

To hide and feel guilty would be the beginning of defeat.

—Milan Kundera, 1978

Man is a troublesome animal and therefore is not very manageable.

—Plato, c. 349 BC

Brains are the only things worth having in this world.

—L. Frank Baum, 1899

Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury—to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

—Albert Einstein, 1931

All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.

—Al Smith, 1933

The best of all rulers is but a shadowy presence to his subjects.

—Laozi