All the daughters of music shall be brought low.
—Ecclesiastes, c. 400 BC
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I never yet could make out why men are so fond of hunting; they often hurt themselves, often spoil good horses, and tear up the fields—and all for a hare or a fox or a stag that they could get more easily some other way.
—Anna Sewell, 1877I have been a stranger here in my own land all my life.
—Sophocles, c. 441 BCIf you have any soul worth expressing, it will show itself in your singing.
—John Ruskin, 1865Nature never jests.
—Albrecht von Haller, 1751Sick, irritated, and the prey to a thousand discomforts, I go on with my labor like a true workingman, who, with sleeves rolled up, in the sweat of his brow, beats away at his anvil, not caring whether it rains or blows, hails or thunders.
—Gustave Flaubert, 1845Medication alone is not to be relied on. In one half the cases medicine is not needed, or is worse than useless. Obedience to spiritual and physical laws—hygiene of the body and hygiene of the spirit—is the surest warrant for health and happiness.
—Harriot K. Hunt, 1856The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases. We go on a journey chiefly to be free of all impediments and of all inconveniences—to leave ourselves behind, much more to get rid of others.
—William Hazlitt, 1822It’s the educated barbarian who is the worst: he knows what to destroy.
—Helen MacInnes, 1963Is all our fire of shipwreck wood?
—Robert Browning, 1862In my dreams I sleep with everybody.
—Anaïs Nin, 1933Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.
—W.H. Auden, 1957I wants to make your flesh creep.
—Charles Dickens, 1837