Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height.
—E.M. Forster, 1910
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Quotes
The beginning of health lies in knowing the disease.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1615A whale-ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.
—Herman Melville, 1851Sex and drugs and rock and roll.
—Ian Dury, 1977Tomorrow we take to the mighty sea.
—Horace, 23 BCThe sea yields action to the body, meditation to the mind, the world to the world, all parts thereof to each part, by this art of arts—navigation.
—Samuel Purchas, 1613To need to dominate others is to need others. The commander is dependent.
—Fernando Pessoa, c. 1935Childhood knows what it wants—to leave childhood behind.
—Jean Cocteau, 1947An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.
—James Russell Lowell, c. 1865There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
—Oscar Wilde, 1891Trade is a social act.
—John Stuart Mill, 1859Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses: they last while they last.
—Charles de Gaulle, 1963Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.
—Herbert Hoover, 1936