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A hundred years after his death, a statue of Lavoisier was erected in Paris and much admired until someone pointed out that it looked nothing like him. Under questioning the sculptor admitted that he had used the head of the mathematician and philosopher the Marquis de Condorcet - apparently he had a spare - in the hope that no one would notice or, having noticed, would care. In the second regard he was correct. The statue of Lavoisier-cum- Condorcet was allowed to remain in place for another half century until the Second World War when, one morning, it was taken away and melted down for scrap. — Bill Bryson

The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out. — Walter Benjamin

This is so," Illyrio agreed, "but the world is one great web, and a man dare not touch a single strand lest all the others tremble. More wine? — George R R Martin

It's become a cliche to think of marriage as a disaster area and a war zone. — Tim Daly

Part of what I want to do is sort of reclaim my story - it belongs to me and to my children, who have to live with whoever their mother is. — Elizabeth Edwards

Every now and again, people on the far right take a quote from a progressive out of context and use it to attack them. — Keith Ellison

A woman so weak for a man that they lost sight of themselves and the strong woman they were raised to be. — Tanasia Thomas