The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.
—Aristotle, c. 322 BC
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All of life is a foreign country.
—Jack Kerouac, 1949I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.
—Gore Vidal, 1973Whoever has died is freed from sin.
—St. Paul, c. 50In settling an island, the first building erected by a Spaniard will be a church, by a Frenchman a fort, by a Dutchman a warehouse, and by an Englishman an alehouse.
—Francis Grose, 1787Be courteous to all but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
—George Washington, 1783There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink.
—Booth Tarkington, 1914I don’t believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there’s one thing that’s dangerous for an artist, it’s precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and all the rest of it.
—Federico Fellini, c. 1950A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
—George Eliot, 1876All traveling becomes dull in exact proportion to its rapidity.
—John Ruskin, 1856It is noble to die before doing anything that deserves death.
—Anaxandrides, c. 376Rewards and punishment are the lowest form of education.
—Zhuangzi, c. 286 BCDrink today and drown all sorrow; / You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow.
—John Fletcher, 1625