There lurks in every human heart a desire of distinction which inclines every man first to hope and then to believe that nature has given him something peculiar to himself.
—Samuel Johnson, 1763
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Every creature in the world is like a book and a picture, to us, and a mirror.
—Alain de Lille, c. 1200There is no method by which men can be both free and equal.
—Walter Bagehot, 1863The law is far, the fist is near.
—Korean proverbHe knows the water best who has waded through it.
—Danish proverbJokes are grievances.
—Marshall McLuhan, 1969See one promontory (said Socrates of old), one mountain, one sea, one river, and see all.
—Robert Burton, c. 1620Friendships begin with liking or gratitude—roots that can be pulled up.
—George Eliot, 1876Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.
—Hebrews, c. 60As is the face, so is the mind.
—Roman proverbIt was lonesome, the leaving.
—Wetatonmi, c. 1877It is the little causes, long continued, which are considered as bringing about the greatest changes of the earth.
—James Hutton, 1795I tell you, there is such a thing as creative hate!
—Willa Cather, 1915