Nature resolves everything into its component elements, but annihilates nothing.
—Lucretius, c. 57 BC
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In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: they must be fit for it; they must not do too much of it; and they must have a sense of success in it.
—John Ruskin, 1850That which the sober man keeps in his breast, the drunken man lets out at the lips. Astute people, when they want to ascertain a man’s true character, make him drunk.
—Martin Luther, 1569The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1615From the cradle to the coffin, underwear comes first.
—Bertolt Brecht, 1928When a man dies, and his kin are glad of it, they say, “He is better off.”
—Edgar Watson Howe, 1911Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
—Ulysses S. Grant, 1877What is the hardest task in the world? To think.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.
—Dean Acheson, 1970One form of loneliness is to have a memory and no one to share it with.
—Phyllis Rose, 1991By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BCIf the human race wants to go to hell in a basket, technology can help it get there by jet.
—Charles M. Allen, 1967True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.
—Edith Wharton, 1924