Our allotted time is the passing of a shadow.
—Book of Wisdom, c. 100 BC
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A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.
—Stendhal, 1822Tomorrow we take to the mighty sea.
—Horace, 23 BCAn ugly sight, a man who’s afraid.
—Jean Anouilh, 1944The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended—and not to take a hint when a hint isn’t intended.
—Robert Frost, 1939A dead enemy always smells good.
—Aulus Vitellius, 69Unfortunately, humanitarianism has been the mark of an inhuman time.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1932The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown to him.
—Sigmund Freud, 1912We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.
—Barbara Ehrenreich, 1991Pride and excess bring disaster for man.
—Xunzi, 250 BCI have loved war too well.
—Louis XIV, 1715Vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
—Ecclesiastes, c. 250 BCFor a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.
—Richard Feynman, 1986