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Education—a debt due from present to future generations.

—George Peabody, 1852

Far water cannot quench near fire.

—Japanese proverb

Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth. Suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully.

—Julie Burchill, 1986

Nothing but a permanent body can check the imprudence of democracy.

—Alexander Hamilton, 1787

There’s plenty of water in the universe without life, but nowhere is there life without water.

—Sylvia Alice Earle, 1995

A friend who is very near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.

—George Ade, 1902

Night affords the most convenient shade for works of darkness.

—John Taylor, 1750

The friend of all humanity is no friend to me.

—Molière, 1666

Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be breakthrough.

—R.D. Laing, 1967

The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.

—Joseph Conrad, 1899

Technology is so much fun, but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.

—Daniel Boorstin, 1978

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

—L.P. Hartley, 1953

Don’t hit a man at all if you can avoid it, but if you have to hit him, knock him out.

—Theodore Roosevelt, 1916