Modesty is a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1615
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What is life but organized energy?
—Arthur C. Clarke, 1958Today’s city is the most vulnerable social structure ever conceived by man.
—Martin Oppenheimer, 1969There is a sickness among tyrants: they cannot trust their friends.
—Aeschylus, c. 458 BCTraveling is the ruin of all happiness! There’s no looking at a building here after seeing Italy.
—Fanny Burney, 1782There are people whom one loves immediately and forever. Even to know they are alive in the world with one is quite enough.
—Nancy Spain, 1956Where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment.
—George Santayana, c. 1905Dread attends the unknown.
—Nadine Gordimer, 1998Better a thousand enemies outside the house than one inside.
—Arabic proverbIt’s your business when your neighbor’s wall is in flames.
—Horace, 19 BCWeaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals—except the weasel.
—The Simpsons, 1993Drink does not drown care but waters it, and makes it grow faster.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1749Go to the ant, you lazybones; consider its ways, and be wise.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BC