The civilized man has built a coach but has lost the use of his feet.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841
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What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.
—Erasmus, 1515Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.
—Aphra Behn, 1677Technology feeds on itself. Technology makes more technology possible.
—Alvin Toffler, 1970For most of us, nighttime dreaming brings us closer to our identities and our power than any activity in the waking world.
—Walter Mosley, 2000There is no work of human hands which time does not wear away and reduce to dust.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 46 BCAlongside all swindlers the state now stands there as swindler-in-chief.
—Jacob Burckhardt, c. 1875The root of the kingdom is in the State. The root of the State is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its Head.
—Mencius, c. 270 BCI wants to make your flesh creep.
—Charles Dickens, 1837Life is a farce, and should not end with a mourning scene.
—Horace Walpole, 1784One of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.
—Julia Child, 2001As matron and mistress will differ in temper and tone, so will the friend be distinct from the faithless parasite.
—Horace, c. 20 BCThe basis of optimism is sheer terror.
—Oscar Wilde, 1891