Nature never breaks her own laws.
—Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1500
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Those who believe in freedom of the will have never loved and never hated.
—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1893Keep no company with those whose position is high but whose morals are low.
—Ge Hong, c. 320All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the state.
—Albert Camus, 1951The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth.
—Gaston Bachelard, 1960A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong.
—Ecclesiasticus, c. 180 BCHospitality consists in a little fire, a little food, and an immense quiet.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1856There lurks in every human heart a desire of distinction which inclines every man first to hope and then to believe that nature has given him something peculiar to himself.
—Samuel Johnson, 1763It’s good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for a while their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers.
—Maya Angelou, 2011Some things are privileged from jest—namely, religion, matters of state, great persons, all men’s present business of importance, and any case that deserves pity.
—Francis Bacon, 1597Very shy people don’t even want to take up the space that their body actually takes up.
—Andy Warhol, 1975The world is for thousands a freak show; the images flicker past and vanish.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1776Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.
—Albert Camus, c. 1940