Bright youth passes as quickly as thought.
—Theognis, c. 550 BC
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Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don’t take it too seriously.
—Henry Miller, 1945Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.
—Rosa Luxemburg, 1918Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1947What touches all shall be approved by all.
—Edward I, 1295We possess art lest we perish of the truth.
—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1887When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
—St. Jerome, 395Keep no company with those whose position is high but whose morals are low.
—Ge Hong, c. 320All traveling becomes dull in exact proportion to its rapidity.
—John Ruskin, 1856Who hears the fishes when they cry?
—Henry David Thoreau, 1849After each night we are emptier: our mysteries and our griefs have leaked away into our dreams.
—E.M. Cioran, 1949The screech and mechanical uproar of the big city turns the citified heads, fills citified ears—as the song of birds, wind in the trees, animal cries, or as the voices and songs of his loved ones once filled his heart. He is sidewalk happy.
—Frank Lloyd Wright, 1958God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.
—J.M. Barrie, 1922