The friend of all humanity is no friend to me.
—Molière, 1666
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I never even saw the use of the sea. Many a sad heart has it caused, and many a sick stomach has it occasioned! The boldest sailor climbs on board with a heavy soul and leaps on land with a light spirit.
—Benjamin Disraeli, 1827Fame is but the empty noise of madmen.
—Epictetus, c. 100I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1902The nature of God is a circle, of which the center is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere.
—Empedocles, c. 450 BCGo to the ant, you lazybones; consider its ways, and be wise.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BCReminiscences make one feel so deliciously aged and sad.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1886The king times are fast finishing. There will be blood shed like water, and tears like mist; but the peoples will conquer in the end.
—Lord Byron, 1821Disease is not of the body but of the place.
—Latin proverbWhat is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.
—Erasmus, 1515A crowded police court docket is the surest sign that trade is brisk and money plenty.
—Mark Twain, 1872Modesty is a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1615If you would help another man, you must do so in minute particulars.
—William Blake, 1804