I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
—Thomas Jefferson, 1816
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No lyric poems live long or please many people which are written by drinkers of water.
—Horace, 20 BCArt imitates nature as well as it can, as a pupil follows his master; thus it is a sort of grandchild of God.
—Dante, c. 1315Secrecy lies at the very core of power.
—Elias Canetti, 1960I think heaven will not be as good as earth, unless it bring with it that sweet power to remember, which is the staple of heaven here.
—Emily Dickinson, 1879Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.
—Kate Moss, 2009One’s friends are divided into two classes, those one knows because one must and those one knows because one mustn’t.
—Sybil Taylor, 1922Man 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, 1795How many desolate creatures on the earth have learnt the simple dues of fellowship and social comfort in a hospital.
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1857Democracy cannot be static. Whatever is static is dead.
—Eleanor Roosevelt, 1942The young man must store up, the old man must use.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 63I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.
—Roald Dahl, 1984Fortune resists half-hearted prayers.
—Ovid, 8