The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men. – Emile Zola
At the bottom of a good deal of bravery… lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they cannot face public opinion. – E.H. Chapin
The paradoxes of today are the prejudices of tomorrow, since the most benighted and the most deplorable prejudices have had their moment of novelty when fashion lent them its fragile grace. – Marcel Proust
