A family’s photograph album is generally about the extended family—and, often, is all that remains of it.
—Susan Sontag, 1977
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The more corrupt the state, the more numerous its laws.
—Tacitus, c. 110Secrecy lies at the very core of power.
—Elias Canetti, 1960Who hears the fishes when they cry?
—Henry David Thoreau, 1849Knowledge itself is power.
—Francis Bacon, 1597Some things are privileged from jest—namely, religion, matters of state, great persons, all men’s present business of importance, and any case that deserves pity.
—Francis Bacon, 1597It is a certain sign of a wise government and proceeding, when it can hold men’s hearts by hopes, when it cannot by satisfaction.
—Francis Bacon, 1625Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1735The Mediterranean has the colors of a mackerel, changeable I mean. You don’t always know if it is green or violet—you can’t even say it’s blue, because the next moment the changing light has taken on a tinge of pink or gray.
—Vincent van Gogh, 1888Do not fear the clatter of wheels, the bumps and slops in corridors. It is only turbulence.
—Romalyn Ante, 2020He who would have clear water should go to the fountainhead.
—Italian proverbWere I called on to define, very briefly, the term art, I should call it “the reproduction of what the senses perceive in nature through the veil of the soul.” The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of “artist.”
—Edgar Allan Poe, 1849The life of a sailor is very unhealthy.
—Francis Galton, 1883