As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
—Pope John Paul II, 1986
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Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life.
—D.H. Lawrence, 1908Because the newer methods of treatment are good, it does not follow that the old ones were bad: for if our honorable and worshipful ancestors had not recovered from their ailments, you and I would not be here today.
—Confucius, c. 515 BCmy mind is
a big hunk of irrevocable nothing
Money is a language for translating the work of the farmer into the work of the barber, doctor, engineer, or plumber.
—Marshall McLuhan, 1964The fear of the Lord is true wisdom, and he who hath it not can in no way penetrate the true secrets of magic.
—Abraham the Jew, c. 1400A friend who is very near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.
—George Ade, 1902If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait forever.
—Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1843Dance tunes are always right.
—Dylan Thomas, 1936I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say—your professional poets, I mean—there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example.
—Duke of Wellington, c. 1810Men take diseases, one of another. Therefore let men take heed of their company.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1600Happiness is not something you can catch and lock up in a vault like wealth. Happiness is nothing but everyday living seen through a veil.
—Zora Neale Hurston, 1939Where shall I, of wandering weary, find my resting place at last?
—Heinrich Heine, 1827