It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
—Jean de La Fontaine, 1668
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The appointed thing comes at the appointed time in the appointed way.
—Myrtle Reed, 1910Mammon, n. The god of the world’s leading religion. His chief temple is in the holy city of New York.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1911Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1921He that raises a large family, does indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand…a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1786To hide and feel guilty would be the beginning of defeat.
—Milan Kundera, 1978In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.
—Voltaire, 1764If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail.
—Fran Lebowitz, 1981Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.
—Alexander Pope, 1709Tomorrow we take to the mighty sea.
—Horace, 23 BCDespotism subjects a nation to one tyrant, democracy to many.
—Marguerite Gardiner, 1839Of my friends, I am the only one I have left.
—Terence, 161 BCAll art is a revolt against man’s fate.
—André Malraux, 1951