A tree’s a tree. How many more do you need to look at?
—Ronald Reagan, 1965
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Necessity knows no law except to conquer.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCMoney, not morality, is the principle of commercial nations.
—Thomas JeffersonThere is much difference between imitating a good man, and counterfeiting him.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1738The men of today are born to criticize; of Achilles they see only the heel.
—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1880There’s plenty of fire in the coldest flint!
—Rachel Field, 1939Nature is the art of God.
—Thomas Browne, 1635Memories are hunting horns
whose noise dies away in the wind.
Our whole life is but one great school; from the cradle to the grave we are all learners; nor will our education be finished until we die.
—Ann Plato, 1841The one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous.
—Salvador Dalí, 1953No real friendship without absolute liberty.
—George Sand, 1866Today’s friend may be tomorrow’s foe.
—Sophocles, 440 BCPeace is a natural effect of trade.
—Montesquieu, 1748