All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.
—Oscar Wilde, 1895
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The period of a [Persian] boy’s education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.
—Herodotus, c. 440 BCWe need strength, we need energy, we need quickness, and we need brain in this country to turn it around.
—Donald Trump, 2015Whatever the apparent cause of any riots may be, the real one is always want of happiness.
—Thomas Paine, 1792The sleep of reason produces monsters.
—Francisco Goya, 1799Oil! Our secret god, our secret sharer, our magic wand, fulfiller of our every desire, our coconspirator, the sine qua non in all we do!
—Margaret Atwood, 2015Ah, there are no children nowadays.
—Molière, 1673They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
—Francis Bacon, 1605If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail.
—Fran Lebowitz, 1981Sometime they’ll give a war and nobody will come.
—Carl Sandburg, 1936The law is far, the fist is near.
—Korean proverbScandal begins where the police leave off.
—Karl Kraus, 1909If the human race wants to go to hell in a basket, technology can help it get there by jet.
—Charles M. Allen, 1967