It is strange indeed that the more we learn about how to build health, the less healthy Americans become.
—Adelle Davis, 1951
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One religion is as true as another.
—Robert Burton, 1621Water is the first principle of everything.
—Thales of Miletus, c. 600 BCWe must consider that we shall be a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us, so that if we deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world.
—John Winthrop, 1630Revolution begins in putting on bright colors.
—Tennessee Williams, 1944Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience.
—Henry David Thoreau, 1852The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
—John Locke, 1695An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.
—James Russell Lowell, c. 1865Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCEven though counting heads is not an ideal way to govern, at least it is better than breaking them.
—Learned Hand, 1932I would delight in music, but the music is discordant.
—Xie Lingyun, c. 425Pride and excess bring disaster for man.
—Xunzi, 250 BCWith the dead there is no rivalry.
—Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1839