Health in all lands is among the indispensable guarantees of human progress.
—Helen Keller, 1936
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We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us but for ours to amuse them.
—Evelyn Waugh, 1963Carnal embrace is the practice of throwing one’s arms around a side of beef.
—Tom Stoppard, 1993Some are born to sweet delight,
Some are born to endless night.
Few sons are equal to their fathers; most fall short, all too few surpass them.
—Homer, c. 750 BCInfectious disease is one of the few genuine adventures left in the world.
—Hans Zinsser, 1935No lyric poems live long or please many people which are written by drinkers of water.
—Horace, 20 BCI shall embrace my rival—until I suffocate him.
—Jean Racine, 1669Among all nations, through the darkest polytheism glimmer some faint sparks of monotheism.
—Immanuel Kant, 1781You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.
—Billie Holiday, 1956Modern life is often a mechanical oppression, and liquor is the only mechanical relief.
—Ernest Hemingway, 1935For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.
—Book of Ecclesiastes, c. 250 BCSome writers take to drink, others take to audiences.
—Gore Vidal, 1981