Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BC
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A world is sooner destroyed than made.
—Thomas Burnet, 1684How sweet it is to have people point and say, “There he is.”
—Persius, c. 60The king times are fast finishing. There will be blood shed like water, and tears like mist; but the peoples will conquer in the end.
—Lord Byron, 1821Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don’t take it too seriously.
—Henry Miller, 1945He who sings frightens away his ills.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1605Many, many steeples would have to be stacked one on top of another to reach from the bottom to the surface of the sea. It is down there that the sea folk live.
—Hans Christian Andersen, 1837A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong.
—Ecclesiasticus, c. 180 BCThey say that gifts persuade even the gods.
—Euripides, 431 BCMemories are hunting horns
whose noise dies away in the wind.
Fashion, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1911We die of comfort and by conflict live.
—May Sarton, 1953It is no longer a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, but a government of Wall Street, by Wall Street, and for Wall Street.
—Mary Lease, c. 1890