Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.
—John Donne, c. 1629
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The Revolution is made by man, but man must forge his revolutionary spirit from day to day.
—Che Guevara, 1968Let us make our own mistakes, but let us take comfort in the knowledge that they are our own mistakes.
—Tom Mboya, 1958“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.
—George Eliot, 1866The king times are fast finishing. There will be blood shed like water, and tears like mist; but the peoples will conquer in the end.
—Lord Byron, 1821But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.
—Genesis, c. 900 BCOh, democracy! Whither are you leading us?
—Aristophanes, 414 BCAnd, after all, what is a lie? ’Tis but the truth in masquerade.
—Lord Byron, 1822God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.
—J.M. Barrie, 1922Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
—Anatole France, 1881A person who sees only fashion in fashion is a fool.
—Honoré de Balzac, 1830Governments are not overthrown by the poor, who have no power, but by the rich—when they are insulted by their inferiors and cannot obtain justice.
—Dionysius of Halicarnassus, c. 20 BCI am weary of friends, and friendships are all monsters.
—Jonathan Swift, 1710