Fear has a smell, as love does.
—Margaret Atwood, 1972
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Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.
—Sophocles, c. 441 BCMen willingly believe what they wish.
—Julius Caesar, c. 50 BCSeize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys.
—André Gide, 1897Till taught by pain, / Men really know not what good water’s worth.
—Lord Byron, 1819Such then is the human state, that to wish greatness for one’s country is to wish harm to one’s neighbors.
—Voltaire, 1764We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea—whether it is to sail or to watch it—we are going back whence we came.
—John F. Kennedy, 1962No real friendship without absolute liberty.
—George Sand, 1866Where the telescope ends, the microscope begins. Which of these two has the grander view?
—Victor Hugo, 1862People are trapped in history, and history is trapped in them.
—James Baldwin, 1953To eat is to appropriate by destruction.
—Jean-Paul Sartre, 1943Our allotted time is the passing of a shadow.
—Book of Wisdom, c. 100 BCWater is the readiest means of making friends with nature.
—Ludwig Feuerbach, 1841