Man is no man, but a wolf, to a stranger.
—Plautus, c. 200 BC
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Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.
—Lucretius, c. 58 BCLet your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need—a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing.
—Jerome K. Jerome, 1889Man has here two and a half minutes—one to smile, one to sigh, and half a one to love; for in the midst of this minute he dies.
—Jean Paul, 1795Seamen are the nearest to death and the furthest from God.
—Thomas Fuller, 1732If not us, who? If not now, when?
—Czech slogan, 1989The atavistic urge toward danger persists and its satisfaction is called adventure.
—John Steinbeck, 1941Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1903Memory is like the moon, which hath its new, its full, and its wane.
—Margaret Cavendish, 1655We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do.
—Barbara Ward, 1972One’s body, hair, and skin are a gift from one’s parents—do not dare to allow them to be harmed.
—Classic of Filial Piety, c. 200 BCO citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.
—Horace, c. 8 BCDrive your cart and your plow over the bones of the dead.
—William Blake, c. 1790