But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.
—Genesis, c. 900 BC
Archive
Quotes
Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.
—Willa Cather, 1918Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCAnyone who’s never experienced the pleasure of betrayal doesn’t know what pleasure is.
—Jean Genet, 1986Revolution can never be forecast; it cannot be foretold; it comes of itself. Revolution is brewing and is bound to flare up.
—Vladimir Lenin, 1918One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
—E.B. White, 1977Let the young know they will never find a more interesting, more instructive book than the patient himself.
—Giorgio Baglivi, c. 1696Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a centaur, a leopard, a wolf, or a bull?
—Aristophanes, 423 BCI curse the night, yet doth from day me hide.
—William Drummond, 1616It is strange indeed that the more we learn about how to build health, the less healthy Americans become.
—Adelle Davis, 1951Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.
—Gore Vidal, 1981The civilized man has built a coach but has lost the use of his feet.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.
—Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1955