Every creature in the world is like a book and a picture, to us, and a mirror.
- Alain de Lille, c. 1200
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Mother died today. Or maybe it was yesterday, I don’t know.
- Albert Camus, 1942To ensure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough; a police force is needed as well.
- Albert Camus, 1951All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the state.
- Albert Camus, 1951I sometimes think of what future historians will say of us. A single sentence will suffice for modern man: he fornicated and read the papers.
- Albert Camus, 1957Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
- Albert Camus, 1951The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of all true art and science.
- Albert Einstein, 1930Nationalism is an infantile disease, the measles of mankind.
- Albert Einstein, 1929Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury—to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.
- Albert Einstein, 1931I went [to war] because I couldn’t help it. I didn’t want the glory or the pay; I wanted the right thing done.
- Louisa May Alcott, 1863I’m afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.
- Aldous Huxley, 1925If it were not for the intellectual snobs who pay in solid cash—the tribute which philistinism owes to culture, the arts would perish with their starving practitioners. Let us thank heaven for hypocrisy.
- Aldous Huxley, 1926Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.
- Aldous Huxley, 1929