There is no man so fortunate that there shall not be by him when he is dying some who are pleased with what is going to happen.
—Marcus Aurelius, c. 175
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Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1947The day unravels what the night has woven.
—Walter Benjamin, 1929The god of music dwelleth out of doors.
—Edith M. Thomas, 1887Just to fill the hour—that is happiness.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844If the heavens were all parchment, and the trees of the forest all pens, and every human being were a scribe, it would still be impossible to record all that I have learned from my teachers.
—Jochanan ben Zakkai, c. 75Much money makes a country poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing.
—George Herbert, 1640We don’t have the option of turning away from the future. No one gets to vote on whether technology is going to change our lives.
—Bill Gates, 1995I’m president of the United States, and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli!
—George H. W. Bush, 1990Education—a debt due from present to future generations.
—George Peabody, 1852The sea hath no king but God alone.
—Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1881Every man must descend into the flesh to meet mankind.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1910Drive your cart and your plow over the bones of the dead.
—William Blake, c. 1790