“The People are never so perfectly backed, but that they will kick and fling if not stroked at seasonable times.”
Of Fundamentals.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Political Thoughts and Reflections
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The Shorter Leibniz Texts (2006) http://books.google.com/books?id=oFoCY3xJ8nkC&dq edited by Lloyd H. Strickland, p. 111

“Our civilization is flinging itself to pieces. Stand back from the centrifuge.”
Source: Fahrenheit 451

“So rolling time changes the seasons of things. What was of value, becomes in turn of no worth.”
Sic volvenda aetas commutat tempora rerum.
Quod fuit in pretio, fit nullo denique honore.
Book V, lines 1276–1277 (tr. Bailey)
De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things)

“There's only so many times you can kick a dog before it turns viscous. (Julian)”
Variant: There were only so many kicks a dog could take before it turned vicious.’ (Acheron)
Source: Fantasy Lover

2010, Weekly Address (May 29, 2010)