In all the ancient states and empires, those who had the shipping, had the wealth.
—William Petty, 1690
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Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height.
—E.M. Forster, 1910One of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.
—Julia Child, 2001I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say—your professional poets, I mean—there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example.
—Duke of Wellington, c. 1810Ah! Freedom is a noble thing!
—John Barbour, 1375Anything one is remembering is a repetition, but existing as a human being that is being, listening, and hearing is never repetition.
—Gertrude Stein, 1935The sea hath no king but God alone.
—Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1881There is not so contemptible a plant or animal that does not confound the most enlarged understanding.
—John Locke, 1689The most fitting occupation for a civilized man is to do nothing.
—Théophile Gautier, c. 1835It’s your business when your neighbor’s wall is in flames.
—Horace, 19 BCMemory is like the moon, which hath its new, its full, and its wane.
—Margaret Cavendish, 1655Health care delivery is one of the tragedies still in America.
—Jewel Plummer Cobb, 1989Power is so apt to be insolent, and Liberty to be saucy, that they are very seldom upon good terms.
—George Savile, c. 1690