Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother.
—George Herbert, 1651
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The gratitude is greater than the gift.
—Pierre Corneille, 1641Why listen to me? I can only predict epidemics and plagues.
—Larry Kramer, 1992I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes.
—Maxine Hong Kingston, 1976Disease makes men more physical, it leaves them nothing but body.
—Thomas Mann, 1924Some memories are like lucky charms, talismans, one shouldn’t tell about them or they’ll lose their power.
—Iris Murdoch, 1985Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind.
—Woody Allen, 1979There is a time to battle against nature, and a time to obey her. True wisdom lies in making the right choice.
—Arthur C. Clarke, 1979God is our father, but even more is God our mother.
—Pope John Paul I, 1978The most may err as grossly as the few.
—John Dryden, 1681Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a centaur, a leopard, a wolf, or a bull?
—Aristophanes, 423 BCYou are dust, and to dust you shall return.
—Book of Genesis, c. 800 BCKnowledge is an ancient error reflecting on its youth.
—Francis Picabia, 1949