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"Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you."

Some men are so macho they'll get you pregnant just to kill a rabbit.

(342—291 B.C.)

Privacy--you can't find it anywhere, not even if you want to hang yourself.

(342—291 B.C.), Fragments

A mother loves the child more than the father does, for she knows it's her own, while he but thinks it's his.

(342—291 B.C.), Greek playwright

Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.

(1475—1564), Italian sculptorpainter

A good statue can be rolled downhill without damage.

(1533—1592), French essayist

A philosopher is one who doubts.

(1533—1592), French essayist

A strong memory is commonly coupled with infirm judgment.

(1533—1592), French essayist

An unattempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.

(1533—1592), French essayist

For more than 40 years I have been speaking prose without knowing.