Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.
—Jane Austen, 1818
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Divine nature gave the fields; human art built the cities.
—Marcus Terentius Varro, c. 70 BCI tell you, there is such a thing as creative hate!
—Willa Cather, 1915The only places where American medicine can fully live up to its possibilities are the teaching hospitals.
—Bernard De Voto, 1951Friendships begin with liking or gratitude—roots that can be pulled up.
—George Eliot, 1876The workers are the saviors of society, the redeemers of the race.
—Eugene V. Debs, 1905He who sings frightens away his ills.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1605There are people whom one loves immediately and forever. Even to know they are alive in the world with one is quite enough.
—Nancy Spain, 1956It is hard when nature does not respect your intentions, and she never does exactly respect them.
—Wendell Berry, 1985There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
—Oscar Wilde, 1891As he brews, so shall he drink.
—Ben Jonson, 1598In life our absent friend is far away: / But death may bring our friend exceeding near.
—Christina Rossetti, 1881If you have any soul worth expressing, it will show itself in your singing.
—John Ruskin, 1865