That which is evil is soon learned.
—John Ray, 1670
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He alone who owns the youth gains the future.
—Adolf Hitler, 1935The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletariat to the level of bourgeois stupidity.
—Gustave Flaubert, 1871Gambling is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief.
—George Washington, 1783Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.
—Robert Wilson, 1991I don’t try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.
—Ray Bradbury, 1992I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.
—Maya Angelou, 1993The bathing was so delightful this morning, and Molly so pressing with me to enjoy myself, that I believe I stayed in rather too long, as since the middle of the day I have felt unreasonably tired. I shall be more careful another time, and shall not bathe tomorrow as I had before intended.
—Jane Austen, 1804Tomorrow we take to the mighty sea.
—Horace, 23 BCI began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.
—Roald Dahl, 1984Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.
—Hebrews, c. 60The best way to fill time is to waste it.
—Marguerite Duras, 1987Without a decisive naval force, we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious.
—George Washington, 1781