He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1833
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Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
—George Eliot, 1857And then, sir, there is this consideration: that if the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up and, claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system.
—Samuel Johnson, 1791Bright youth passes as quickly as thought.
—Theognis, c. 550 BCHappiness, whether in business or private life, leaves very little trace in history.
—Fernand Braudel, 1979Time’s violence rends the soul; by the rent eternity enters.
—Simone Weil, 1947Toil is man’s allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that’s more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.
—Herman Melville, 1849Just to fill the hour—that is happiness.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844Drink does not drown care but waters it, and makes it grow faster.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1749The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of all true art and science.
—Albert Einstein, 1930After each night we are emptier: our mysteries and our griefs have leaked away into our dreams.
—E.M. Cioran, 1949If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little.
—Mobutu Sese Seko, 1991I think it makes small difference to the dead if they are buried in the tokens of luxury. All this is an empty glorification left for those who live.
—Euripides, 415 BC