In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.
—V.S. Pritchett, 1968
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One should always have one’s boots on and be ready to leave.
—Michel de Montaigne, 1580If the heavens were all parchment, and the trees of the forest all pens, and every human being were a scribe, it would still be impossible to record all that I have learned from my teachers.
—Jochanan ben Zakkai, c. 75A tree’s a tree. How many more do you need to look at?
—Ronald Reagan, 1965Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
—Calvin Coolidge, 1932Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
—Arthur Schopenhauer, 1851I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.
—Anaïs Nin, 1950The righteous know the needs of their animals, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 500 BCDon’t try to make a profit on a bad trade; just try to find the best place to get out.
—Linda Bradford Raschke, 1992To teach is to learn twice over.
—Joseph Joubert, c. 1805You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.
—Billie Holiday, 1956The diseases of the present have little in common with the diseases of the past save that we die of them.
—Agnes Repplier, 1929It is no longer a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, but a government of Wall Street, by Wall Street, and for Wall Street.
—Mary Lease, c. 1890