Brains are the only things worth having in this world.
—L. Frank Baum, 1899
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Divine nature gave the fields; human art built the cities.
—Marcus Terentius Varro, c. 70 BCSeize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys.
—André Gide, 1897It’s the educated barbarian who is the worst: he knows what to destroy.
—Helen MacInnes, 1963I do not amuse myself by thinking of dead people.
—Napoleon Bonaparte, 1807He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.
—Francis Bacon, 1625In life our absent friend is far away: / But death may bring our friend exceeding near.
—Christina Rossetti, 1881Let us leave this Europe which never stops talking of Man yet massacres him at every one of its street corners, at every corner of the world.
—Frantz Fanon, 1961Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1776I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1902There’s hope a great man’s memory may outlive his life half a year.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1600Enemies are so stimulating.
—Katharine Hepburn, 1969Seafarers go to sleep in the evening not knowing whether they will find themselves at the bottom of the sea the next morning.
—Jean de Joinville, c. 1305