Art imitates nature as well as it can, as a pupil follows his master; thus it is a sort of grandchild of God.
—Dante, c. 1315
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Envy is the basis of democracy.
—Bertrand Russell, 1930I have yet, I believe, some years in store, for I have a good state of health and a happy mind, and I take care of both by nourishing the first with temperance and the latter with abundance. This, I believe, you will allow to be the true philosophy of life.
—Thomas Paine, 1803Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height.
—E.M. Forster, 1910What timid man does not avoid contact with the sick, fearing lest he contract a disease so near?
—Ovid, c. 10Whoever has died is freed from sin.
—St. Paul, c. 50Ocean. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man—who has no gills.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906The charm, one might say the genius, of memory is that it is choosy, chancy, and temperamental: it rejects the edifying cathedral and indelibly photographs the small boy outside, chawing a hunk of melon in the dust.
—Elizabeth Bowen, 1955Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
—Tom Robbins, 1976Money is mourned with deeper sorrow than friends or kindred.
—Juvenal, 128Guard more faithfully the secret which is confided to you than the money which is entrusted to your care.
—Isocrates, c. 370 BCThe twilight is the crack between the worlds.
—Carlos Castaneda, 1968Life is a farce, and should not end with a mourning scene.
—Horace Walpole, 1784