I look for the end of the future, but it never ceases to arrive.
—Zhuangzi, c. 325 BC
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The god of music dwelleth out of doors.
—Edith M. Thomas, 1887Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away.
—Oscar Wilde, 1891We need strength, we need energy, we need quickness, and we need brain in this country to turn it around.
—Donald Trump, 2015Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
—George Eliot, 1857If we wait for a pandemic to appear, it will be too late to prepare.
—George W. Bush, 2005When you drink water, think of its source.
—Chinese proverbWhenever there is excess, an ax remedies it.
—Sumerian proverbWhat is life but organized energy?
—Arthur C. Clarke, 1958The play is the tragedy “Man,” And its hero the conqueror worm.
—Edgar Allan Poe, 1843Writing cannot express words fully; words cannot express thoughts fully.
—The Book of Changes, c. 350 BCTo live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.
—John Buchan, 1940We die of comfort and by conflict live.
—May Sarton, 1953