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—A.J. Liebling, 1960
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A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world as a public indecency.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1615Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve and from which he cannot escape.
—Erich Fromm, 1947I live by good soup, and not on fine language.
—Molière, 1672The power which the sea requires in the sailor makes a man of him very fast, and the change of shores and population clears his head of much nonsense of his wigwam.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1870What hath night to do with sleep?
—John Milton, 1637Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.
—Plato, c. 375 BCIron may break gold, but water remains whole.
—Ge Hong, c. 300It is delightful to read on the spot the impressions and opinions of tourists who visited a hundred years ago, in the vehicles and with the aesthetic prejudices of the period, the places which you are visiting now. The voyage ceases to be a mere tour through space; you travel through time and thought as well.
—Aldous Huxley, 1925The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a star.
—Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, 1825Give us this day our television, and an automobile, but deliver us from freedom.
—Jean-Luc Godard, 1966I have seen the science I worshipped, and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve.
—Charles Lindbergh, 1948A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.
—Ouida, 1880