One may like the love and despise the lover.
—George Farquhar, 1706
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Make human nature your study wherever you reside—whatever the religion or the complexion, study their hearts.
—Ignatius Sancho, 1778The deed is everything, the glory naught.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1832You are dust, and to dust you shall return.
—Book of Genesis, c. 800 BCGive us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with the necessities.
—John Lothrop Motley, 1858Disease is not of the body but of the place.
—Latin proverbFrom hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee.
—Herman Melville, 1851In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1830If one hears bad music, it is one’s duty to drown it by conversation.
—Oscar Wilde, 1890Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave.
—Thomas Browne, 1658An ape will be an ape, though clad in purple.
—Erasmus, 1511One of the things men should most strive to do is win a good reputation and see that no one questions it.
—Juan Manuel, 1335The more sifted, the finer the flour; the more often repeated, the rougher the gossip.
—Korean proverb