In the country gossip is a pastime; in the city it is a warfare.
—W.M.L. Jay, 1870
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Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.
—Aldous Huxley, 1929We are so constituted that we believe the most incredible things, and once they are engraved upon the memory, woe to him who would endeavor to erase them.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1774Go to the pine if you want to learn about the pine, or to the bamboo if you want to learn about the bamboo.
—Matsuo Basho, c. 1685There are people whom one loves immediately and forever. Even to know they are alive in the world with one is quite enough.
—Nancy Spain, 1956In all the ancient states and empires, those who had the shipping, had the wealth.
—William Petty, 1690Think rich. Look poor.
—Andy Warhol, 1975A jest breaks no bones.
—Samuel Johnson, 1781Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
—Ecclesiastes, c. 250 BCEducation—a debt due from present to future generations.
—George Peabody, 1852Men were born to lie, and women to believe them.
—John Gay, 1728You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war.
—William Randolph Hearst, 1898Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
—Tom Robbins, 1976