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That which is evil is soon learned. 

—John Ray, 1670

He alone who owns the youth gains the future.

—Adolf Hitler, 1935

The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletariat to the level of bourgeois stupidity.

—Gustave Flaubert, 1871

Gambling is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief.

—George Washington, 1783

Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.

—Robert Wilson, 1991

I don’t try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.

—Ray Bradbury, 1992

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.

—Maya Angelou, 1993

The bathing was so delightful this morning, and Molly so pressing with me to enjoy myself, that I believe I stayed in rather too long, as since the middle of the day I have felt unreasonably tired. I shall be more careful another time, and shall not bathe tomorrow as I had before intended.

—Jane Austen, 1804

Tomorrow we take to the mighty sea.

—Horace, 23 BC

I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.

—Roald Dahl, 1984

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.

—Hebrews, c. 60

The best way to fill time is to waste it.

—Marguerite Duras, 1987

Without a decisive naval force, we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious.

—George Washington, 1781