The purest joy is to live without disguise, unconstrained by the ties of a grave reputation.
—Al-Hariri, c. 1108
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When a traveler returneth home, let him not leave the countries where he hath traveled altogether behind him.
—Francis Bacon, 1625Diseases are not immutable entities but dynamic social constructions that have biographies of their own.
—Robert P. Hudson, 1983People revere the Constitution yet know so little about it—and that goes for some of my fellow senators.
—Robert Byrd, 2005The appointed thing comes at the appointed time in the appointed way.
—Myrtle Reed, 1910Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.
—Hebrews, c. 60One need merely visit the marketplace and the graveyard to determine whether a city is in both physical and metaphysical order.
—Ernst Jünger, 1977One great reason why many children abandon themselves wholly to silly sports and trifle away all their time insipidly is because they have found their curiosity baulked and their inquiries neglected.
—John Locke, 1693Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave.
—Thomas Browne, 1658The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.
—Yves Saint Laurent, 1978Worry over what has not occurred is a serious malady.
—Solomon ibn Gabirol, 1050The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that it is so.
—Ursula K. Le Guin, 1983We get a deal o’ useless things about us, only because we’ve got the money to spend.
—George Eliot, 1860