Friendships begin with liking or gratitude—roots that can be pulled up.
—George Eliot, 1876
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Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us all without words?
—Marcel Marceau, 1958O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.
—Horace, c. 8 BCThe world is for thousands a freak show; the images flicker past and vanish.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1776Trade’s proud empire hastes to swift decay.
—Oliver Goldsmith, 1770I have a terrible memory; I never forget a thing.
—Edith Konecky, 1976When one has a famishing thirst for happiness, one is apt to gulp down diversions wherever they are offered.
—Alice Hegan Rice, 1917Misfortune, n. The kind of fortune that never misses.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906A win always seems shallow: it is the loss that is so profound and suggests nasty infinities.
—E.M. Forster, 1919A dead enemy always smells good.
—Aulus Vitellius, 69God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars.
—Martin LutherDo not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.
—Hebrews, c. 60Well now, there’s a remedy for everything except death.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1605