The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended—and not to take a hint when a hint isn’t intended.
—Robert Frost, 1939
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To think ill of mankind, and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.
—William Hazlitt, 1823Fate leads the willing and drags along those who hang back.
—Cleanthes, c. 250 BCFriends are ourselves.
—John Donne, 1603One should always have one’s boots on and be ready to leave.
—Michel de Montaigne, 1580Health can make money, but money cannot make health.
—Maria Edgeworth, 1833No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
—Roman proverbOne of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats.
—Iris Murdoch, 1978Too many people have decided to do without generosity in order to practice charity.
—Albert Camus, 1956One great reason why many children abandon themselves wholly to silly sports and trifle away all their time insipidly is because they have found their curiosity baulked and their inquiries neglected.
—John Locke, 1693Travelers, poets, and liars are three words all of one significance.
—Richard Brathwaite, 1631See one promontory (said Socrates of old), one mountain, one sea, one river, and see all.
—Robert Burton, c. 1620The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.
—Dean Acheson, 1970