The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.Anton Chekhov
It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation.Jane Austen
In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.Fran Lebowitz
We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes.Marcel Proust