Those who know the joys and miseries of celebrities when they have passed the age of forty know how to defend themselves.
—Sarah Bernhardt, 1904
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After each night we are emptier: our mysteries and our griefs have leaked away into our dreams.
—E.M. Cioran, 1949I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast, for I intend to go in harm’s way.
—John Paul Jones, 1778It is more blessed to give than to receive.
—Acts of the Apostles, c. 80The life of the city never lets you go, nor do you ever want it to.
—Wallace Stevens, 1952Keep away from physicians. It is all probing and guessing and pretending with them. They leave it to nature to cure in her own time, but they take the credit. As well as very fat fees.
—Anthony Burgess, 1964It’s your business when your neighbor’s wall is in flames.
—Horace, 19 BCIt is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard for their own interest.
—Adam Smith, 1776The only places where American medicine can fully live up to its possibilities are the teaching hospitals.
—Bernard De Voto, 1951The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.
—H.G. Wells, 1905Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890The young leading the young is like the blind leading the blind.
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 1747We cannot say what the woman might be physically, if the girl were not allowed all the freedom of the boy in romping, climbing, swimming, playing whoop and ball.
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1848