Exile lacks the grandeur, the majesty, of expatriation.
—Bharati Mukherjee, 1999
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Childhood knows what it wants—to leave childhood behind.
—Jean Cocteau, 1947I think heaven will not be as good as earth, unless it bring with it that sweet power to remember, which is the staple of heaven here.
—Emily Dickinson, 1879It is a greater advantage to be honestly educated than honorably born.
—Erasmus, 1518The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin.
—Heinrich Heine, 1827The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.
—Aristotle, c. 322 BCBeautiful credit! The foundation of modern society.
—Mark Twain, 1873Spring now comes unheralded by the return of the birds, and the early mornings are strangely silent where once they were filled with the beauty of birdsong.
—Rachel Carson, 1962Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, now that, and changes names as it changes in direction.
—Dante Alighieri, c. 1315It is a luxury to be understood.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1831Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
—Denis Diderot, 1774The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
—B.F. Skinner, 1969If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail.
—Fran Lebowitz, 1981