“Mad are thy subjects all, and even the wisest heart Straight to folly will fall, at a touch of thy poisoned dart.”

― Sophocles, Antigone

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“cats and dogs . . . never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation.”

― Jerome K. Jerome, Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

“My heart suspects more than mine eye can see.”

― William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

“I have noticed since that men usually leave married women alone, and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women. Men are always ready to respect anything that bores them.”

― Marilyn Monroe, My Story

“Hence it is necessary for a prince wishing to hold his own to know how to do wrong, and to make use of it or not according to necessity.”

― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

“Such is the influence of custom, that, where it is strongest, it not only covers our natural ignorance, but even conceals itself, and seems not to take place, merely because it is found in the highest degree.”

― David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

“Alas! . . . that so dull a spirit should be lodged in so goodly a form! Alas! that such an enterprise as the regeneration of England should turn on a hinge so imperfect!”

― Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

“It is a wise father that knows his own child.”

― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

“If we do not love God and His Word what difference does it make if we love anything at all?”

― Martin Luther, Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians

“Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.”

― Henry Kissinger, White House Years

“The work is good, up to a degree which the social philosophies are able to recognize; beyond that degree it is doubtful and mixed; lower down, it becomes terrible.”

― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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