The newspaper is the natural enemy of the book, as the whore is of the decent woman.
—Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, 1858
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Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
—Theodore Roosevelt, 1903The first requisite to happiness is that a man be born in a famous city.
—Euripides, c. 415 BCTechnology feeds on itself. Technology makes more technology possible.
—Alvin Toffler, 1970Home is wherever I go.
—Indira Gandhi, 1955Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
—Book of Job, c. 600 BCI am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations.
—Samuel Johnson, 1773I have been a stranger here in my own land all my life.
—Sophocles, c. 441 BCNo man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.
—Samuel Johnson, 1776Profit is profit even in Mecca.
—Nigerian proverbI cannot bear a parent’s tears.
—Virgil, c. 25 BCAnd 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, 1791People react to fear, not love—they don’t teach that in Sunday school, but it’s true.
—Richard Nixon, 1975