Make the revolution a parent of settlement and not a nursery of future revolutions.
—Edmund Burke, 1790
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The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
—Oscar Wilde, 1891Most authors seek fame, but I seek for justice—a holier impulse than ever entered into the ambitious struggles of the votaries of that fickle, flirting goddess.
—Davy Crockett, 1834A person who sees only fashion in fashion is a fool.
—Honoré de Balzac, 1830Technology feeds on itself. Technology makes more technology possible.
—Alvin Toffler, 1970Commerce has made all winds her ministers.
—John Sterling, 1843Let the French but have England, and they won’t want to conquer it.
—Horace Walpole, 1745To live on a day-to-day basis is insufficient for human beings; we need to transcend, transport, escape; we need meaning, understanding, and explanation.
—Oliver Sacks, 2012What is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 46 BCFame will go by and, so long, I’ve had you, fame. If it goes by, I’ve always known it was fickle. So at least it’s something I experienced, but that’s not where I live.
—Marilyn Monroe, 1962If you would help another man, you must do so in minute particulars.
—William Blake, 1804Many need no other provocation to enmity than that they find themselves excelled.
—Samuel Johnson, 1751Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
—Francis Bacon, 1625