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A quotation from Terry Pratchett

His philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools — the Cynics, the Stoics and the Epicureans — and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, “You can’t trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there’s nothing you can do about it, so let’s have a drink.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
Discworld No. 13, Small Gods (1992)

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A quotation from Josh Billings

Honesty iz the rarerest welth enny one kan possess, and yet all the honesty in the world, aint lawful tender for a loaf ov bread.
 
[Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world, ain’t lawful tender for a loaf of bread.]

Josh Billings (1818–1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1878-04 “Imps” (1878 ed.)

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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

All for each, and each for all, is a good motto; but only on condition that each works with might and main to so maintain himself as not to be a burden to others.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer; US President (1901–09)
Autobiography, Introduction (1913)

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A quotation from Eric Hoffer

The most effective way to silence our guilty conscience is to convince ourselves and others that those we have sinned against are indeed depraved creatures, deserving every punishment, even extermination. We cannot pity those we have wronged, nor can we be indifferent toward them. We must hate and persecute them or else leave the door open to self-contempt.

Eric Hoffer (1902–1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 71 (3.14.71) (1951)

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A quotation from Sue Grafton

We all need to look into the dark side of our nature — that’s where the energy is, the passion. People are afraid of that because it holds pieces of us we’re busy denying.

Sue Grafton (1940–2017) American novelist, screenwriter
Interview (1997-02-07) by Jeffrey Zaslow, “Straight Talk,” USA Weekend magazine

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We all need to look into the dark side of our nature -- that’s where the energy is, the passion. People are afraid of that because it holds pieces of us we’re busy denying.
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A quotation from Cicero

MARCUS: And so, whatever that may be which possesses thought, wisdom, life, vitality — it must be of Heaven and divine, and therefore immortal.
 
[Ita, quicquid est illud, quod sentit, quod sapit, quod vivit, quod viget, caeleste et divinum ob eamque rem aeternum sit necesse est.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Tusculan Disputations [Tusculanae Disputationes], Book 1, ch. 27 (1.27) / sec. 66 (1.66) (45 BC) [tr. Black (1889)]

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MARCUS: And so, whatever that may be which possesses thought, wisdom, life, vitality -- it must be of Heaven and divine, and therefore immortal.
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A quotation from Ben Franklin

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard Improved (1749 ed.)

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A quotation from Gloria Steinem

The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn. We are filled with the popular wisdom of several centuries just past, and we are terrified to give it up. Patriotism means obedience, age means wisdom, woman means submission, black means inferior: these are preconceptions embedded so deeply in our thinking that we honestly may not know that they are there.

Gloria Steinem (1934–2026) American feminist, journalist, activist
Essay (1971-08-21), “A New Egalitarian Life Style,” New York Times

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A quotation from Montaigne

He who does not give himself leisure to be thirsty cannot take pleasure in drinking.
 
[Qui ne se donne loisir d’avoir soif, ne sçauroit prendre plaisir à boire.]

Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) French essayist
Essays, Book 1, ch. 42 (1.42), “Of the Inequality among Us [De l’inequalité qui est entre nous]” (1572) [tr. Frame (1943)]

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He who does not give himself leisure to be thirsty cannot take pleasure in drinking. [Qui ne se donne loisir d’avoir soif, ne sçauroit prendre plaisir à boire.] On how having an appetite always sated removes the pleasure of sating it.
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A quotation from Alan Watts

When we finally got down to something, which the individual says he really wants to do, I will say to him, you do that and forget the money, because, if you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend your life completely wasting your time. You’ll be doing things you don’t like doing in order to go on living, that is to go on doing things you don’t like doing — which is stupid!

Alan Watts (1915–1973) Anglo-American philosopher, writer
Lecture (1969 ca.), “What If Money Was No Object?”

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A quotation from Gracian

Never from Obstinacy take the Wrong Side because your Opponent has anticipated you in taking the Right One.
 
[Nunca por tema seguir el peor partido, porque el contrario se adelantó y escogió el mejor.]

Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601–1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 142 (1647) [tr. Jacobs (1892)]

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Never from Obstinacy take the Wrong Side because your Opponent has anticipated you in taking the Right One.   [Nunca por tema seguir el peor partido, porque el contrario se adelantó y escogió el mejor.] (Source (Spanish)).
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A quotation from Douglas Adams

It’s easy to think that as a result of the extinction of the dodo, we are now sadder and wiser, but there’s a lot of evidence to suggest that we are merely sadder and better informed.

Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Last Chance to See, ch. 6 (1990) [with Mark Carwardine]

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A quotation from Bertrand Russell

Children, like grown-ups, enjoy the sense of achievement derived from mastering a difficulty, but this requires a consistency of effort of which few are capable without some outside encouragement. The capacity for consistent self-direction is one of the most valuable that a human being can possess. It is practically unknown in young children, and is never developed either by a very rigid discipline or by complete freedom.

Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Education and the Social Order [Education and the Modern World], ch. 2 “The Negative Theory of Education” (1932)

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A quotation from Molly Ivins

I don’t think there was ever a time when money was not important in politics. The single most striking development in American politics is the extent to which money is so predominant that everything else including the public interest is insignificant.

Molly Ivins (1944–2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Interview (2006-10-09), “Who’s It Screw, and Who’s Doing the Screwing?” by Rosalind Alexander, Seattle Weekly

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A quotation from James Howell

Easter so wished for long, passeth away in one day.
 
[Pasqua tanto defiata, in un giorno è passata.]

James Howell (c. 1594–1666) Welsh historian, writer, aphorist
Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “Proverbs in Italian” (1659) (compiler)

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Easter so wished for long, passeth away in one day. [Pasqua tanto defiata, in un giorno è passata.]
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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

FOOLHARDY, adj. Unlucky in the execution of a courageous act.

Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914?) American writer and journalist
“Foolhardy,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1884-12-13)

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FOOLHARDY, adj. Unlucky in the execution of a courageous act. Not collected in later books. See also "RASH."
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A quotation from Hannah Arendt

The [American] Founding Fathers never believed that tyranny could arise out of the executive office, because they did not see this office in any different light but as the execution of what the legislation has decreed in various forms. I leave it at that. We know today that the greatest danger of tyranny is, of course, the executive.

Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Interview (1973-10) with Roger Errera, Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (ORTF)

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Murray, Gilbert - Essay (1912), "Introduction," Sophocles, Medea | WIST Quotations

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A quotation from Christy Hall

The night before a deadline, I usually am in desperate need of a back rub. And new wrists. And candy. And little mice to secretly finish the job while I am sleeping.

Christy Hall (contemp.) American playwright, screenwriter, film director
(Attributed)

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The night before a deadline, I usually am in desperate need of a back rub. And new wrists. And candy. And little mice to secretly finish the job while I am sleeping. Popularly ascribed to Hall, but I cannot find a primary source.
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A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

No matter what you do, some people will criticize you, and, if you are entirely sure that you would not be ashamed to explain your action to someone whom you loved and who loved you, and you are satisfied in your own mind that you are doing right, then you need not worry about criticism, nor need you ever explain what you do.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, activist; First Lady of the US (1933–45)
Memoir (1937), This Is My Story, ch. 4 “Home Again”

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Bible, Vol. 1. Old Testament - Book 22b. Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 6:14 (Sir 6:14) [NJB (1985)] | WIST Quotations

A loyal friend is a powerful defense: whoever finds one has indeed found a treasure. [φίλος πιστὸς σκέπη κραταιά, ὁ δὲ εὑρὼν αὐτὸν εὗρεν θησαυρόν.] More on the history and acceptance of this Apocryphal book here and here. (Source (Greek)).
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Hugo, Victor - The Man Who Laughs [L'Homme qui rit; The Laughing Man; By Order of the King], Part 2, Book 8, ch. 7 (2.8.7) (1869) [tr. Unknown (1869)] | WIST Quotations

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Luke 12:2–3 — Nothing stays hidden
“There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed or hidden that will not be made known.”

Job 12:22 — God exposes deep darkness
“He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings utter darkness into the light.”

Proverbs 10:9 — Integrity stands; crookedness collapses
“Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.”

Mark 4:22 — Hidden things are meant to be revealed
“For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open.”

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Homer - The Odyssey [Ὀδύσσεια], Book 7, l. 50ff (7.50) (c. 700 BC) [tr. Fagles (1996)] | WIST Quotations

You go on inside. Be bold, nothing to fear. In every venture the bold man comes off best, even the wanderer, bound from distant shores.
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Black, Hugo - New York Times Co. v. United States 403 U.S. 713, 717 (1971) [concurring] | WIST Quotations

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A quotation from Jean Kerr

MARY: Some people have such a talent for making the best of a bad situation that they go around creating bad situations so they can make the best of them.

Jean Kerr (1922–2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
Mary, Mary, Act 3 (1961)

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A quotation from Richard Steele

We that are very old, are better able to remember things which befell us in our distant youth, than the passages of later days.

Richard Steele (1672–1729) Anglo-Irish writer, journalist, playwright, politician
Essay (1710-06-06), “On the Death of Friends,” The Tatler, No. 181

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We that are very old, are better able to remember things which befell us in our distant youth, than the passages of later days. Steele did not provide a title when this essay was published in The Tatler.
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A quotation from Propertius

No one has endless fortune, eternal beauty: sooner or later death awaits us all.
 
[Nec forma aeternum aut cuiquam est fortuna perennis:
   longius aut propius mors sua quemque manet.]

Propertius (50–16 BC) Roman elegiac poet [Sextus Propertius]
Elegies, Book 2, Elegy 28, l. 57ff (2.28.57-58) [tr. Kline (2001), 2.28a]

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No one has endless fortune, eternal beauty: sooner or later death awaits us all. [Nec forma aeternum aut cuiquam est fortuna perennis: longius aut propius mors sua quemque manet.
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A quotation from Shakespeare

FOOL:             And thus the whirligig of time brings in
   his revenges.

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English dramatist and poet
Twelfth Night, Act 5, sc. 1, l. 399ff (5.1.399-400) (1601)

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FOOL:And thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges.
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A quotation from Alice Henry

Men, even good men, cannot be trusted to take care of women’s interests.

Alice Henry (1857–1943) Australian suffragist, journalist, trade unionist
The Trade Union Woman, ch. 12 (1915)

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Men, even good men, cannot be trusted to take care of women’s interests. On the need for women to have the vote.
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A quotation from Smedley Butler

War is a billionaire’s extortion racket, baptized in the blood of impoverished teenagers.

Smedley Butler (1881–1940) American Marine Corps officer, war hero, anti-war activist
(Spurious)

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War is a billionaire's extortion racket, baptized in the blood of impoverished teenagers. Widely circulated in social media, this is less of a quote than a paraphrase of various anti-war statements Butler made, including in his book War Is a Racket (…
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A quotation from Edward R. Murrow

When politicians complain, as they have in several countries, that television turns their proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that television has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained.

Edward R. Murrow (1908–1965) American journalist
Speech (1959-10-19), “Television and Politics,” British Association Granada Lectures, London Guildhall

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When politicians complain, as they have in several countries, that television turns their proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that television has merely demonstrated that not all the performers ar…
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Perhaps. But it might be more to Murrow's point that if the same legislators are willing to have "less serious" debates when the cameras are on, how serious are their "serious" debates when the cameras are off. If they're that willing to pander to their constituents, who else are they pandering to less publicly?

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A quotation from Hemingway

So far, about morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American writer
Death in the Afternoon, ch. 1 (1932)

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So far, about morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. See Lincoln.
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A quotation from Richard Feynman

In physics the truth is rarely perfectly clear, and that is certainly universally the case in human affairs. Hence, what is not surrounded by uncertainty cannot be the truth.

Richard Feynman (1918–1988) American physicist
Letter (1976-02-27) to the Editor, California Tech magazine

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A quotation from Graham Ericsson

Most tyrants are, by nature, short-sighted. Though they aspire to an eternal panoply of statues and symphonies in their honor, they rarely focus on constructive present actions that will lead to a future where their name is even known, let alone praised. As time goes on, they either fall into the delusion of omnipotence, or else become obsessed with holding onto embattled power until the bitter end. Neither mental state leads to laying a healthy foundation for posterity.

Graham Ericsson (b. 1961) American technologist, writer, aphorist
Journal (2026-04-22)

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Most tyrants are, by nature, short-sighted. Though they aspire to an eternal panoply of statues and symphonies in their honor, they rarely focus on constructive present actions that will lead to a future where their name is even known, let alone prai…
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Narcissus, the self-lover, is a famous figure in Greek mythology, known for his striking beauty, Narcissus captured the hearts of many, but their admiration was returned with disdain and contempt.

Nemesis, the goddess of retribution, watched Narcissus' cruel, insensitive and cold-hearted disregard for those who loved him. To exact justice, Nemesis allowed Narcissus to view his own reflection in a pool of water. Narcissus fell deeply in love with the image in the water and came to realize the truth: that his love would never be reciprocated. He fell into deep despair and took his own life. According to legend, from the place of his death sprang the narcissus flower, a symbol of his self-obsession.

The story of Narcissus serves as a powerful moral lesson of the dangers of excessive pride and vanity and the consequences of self-obsession and indifference to the feelings of others.

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⚘ Narcissus :: The Self-Lover

Narcissus was a hunter in Greek mythology, son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope. He was a very beautiful young man, and many fell in l...
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A quotation from Terry Pratchett

People think that professional soldiers think a lot about fighting, but serious professional soldiers think a lot more about food and a warm place to sleep, because these are two things that are generally hard to get, whereas fighting tends to turn up all the time.

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
Discworld No. 13, Small Gods (1992)

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People think that professional soldiers think a lot about fighting, but serious professional soldiers think a lot more about food and a warm place to sleep, because these are two things that are generally hard to get, whereas fighting tends to turn u…
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld

Love, like fire, must be constantly in motion; it dies when it ceases to have hopes or fears.
 
[L’amour, aussi bien que le feu, ne peut subsister sans un mouvement continuel, et il cesse de vivre dès qu’il cesse d’espérer ou de craindre.]

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶75 (1665-1678) [tr. Stevens (1939)]

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Love, like fire, must be constantly in motion; it dies when it ceases to have hopes or fears. [L’amour, aussi bien que le feu, ne peut subsister sans un mouvement continuel, et il cesse de vivre dès qu’il cesse d’espérer ou de craindre.
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson

A transition from an author’s book to his conversation, is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant prospect. Remotely, we see nothing but spires of temples and turrets of palaces, and imagine it the residence of splendour, grandeur and magnificence; but when we have passed the gates, we find it perplexed with narrow passages, disgraced with despicable cottages, embarrassed with obstructions, and clouded with smoke.

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1750-05-05), The Rambler, No. 14

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A transition from an author's book to his conversation, is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant prospect.
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A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

The general objection to the new is, that it differs somewhat from the old, and the fact that it does differ is urged as an argument against its truth.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833–1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Lecture (1881-05-01) “The Great Infidels,” Booth’s Theater, New York

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A quotation from Adlai Stevenson

What a man knows at fifty that he did not know at twenty is, for the most part, incommunicable. The laws, the aphorisms, the generalizations, the universal truths, the parables and the old saws — all of the observations about life which can be communicated handily in ready, verbal packages — are as well known to a man at twenty who has been attentive as to a man at fifty. He has been told them all, he has read them all, and he has probably repeated them all before he graduates from college; but he has not lived them all.

Adlai Stevenson II (1900–1965) American politician, diplomat, statesman
Speech (1954-03-22), “The Educated Citizen,” Senior Class Banquet, Dillon Gymnasium, Princeton University

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