A garden must be looked into, and dressed as the body.
—George Herbert, 1640
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As the saying goes, an old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb.
—Chinua Achebe, 1958Don’t lose your mind unless you have paid for it.
—Stanisław Jerzy Lec, 1957Each night’s new terror drives away the terror of the night before.
—Sophocles, c. 450 BCAnything one is remembering is a repetition, but existing as a human being that is being, listening, and hearing is never repetition.
—Gertrude Stein, 1935Gambling is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief.
—George Washington, 1783Whoever expects to walk peacefully in the world must be money’s guest.
—Norman O. Brown, 1959To think ill of mankind, and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.
—William Hazlitt, 1823No real friendship without absolute liberty.
—George Sand, 1866I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.
—Anaïs Nin, 1950Corporations have neither bodies to be punished nor souls to be damned.
—Chinese proverbA government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1944How gloriously legible are the constellations of the heavens!
—Anthony Trollope, 1859