’Tis the destroyer, or the devil, that scatters plagues about the world.
—Cotton Mather, 1693
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There is nothing worse for mortals than a wandering life.
—Homer, c. 750 BCMisfortune, n. The kind of fortune that never misses.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906There are people whom one loves immediately and forever. Even to know they are alive in the world with one is quite enough.
—Nancy Spain, 1956Friendship is a plant that loves the sun—thrives ill under clouds.
—Bronson Alcott, 1872Many need no other provocation to enmity than that they find themselves excelled.
—Samuel Johnson, 1751Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
—Alexander Pope, 1733Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899There was no treachery too base for the world to commit.
—Virginia Woolf, 1927The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.
—Marianne Moore, 1935Sanity is madness put to good uses; waking life is a dream controlled.
—George Santayana, 1920One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
—E.B. White, 1958Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
—Mao Zedong, 1938