Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1920
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The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty.
—François Guizot, 1830The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
—Henry Fielding, 1730Big head, little wit.
—French proverbThe screech and mechanical uproar of the big city turns the citified heads, fills citified ears—as the song of birds, wind in the trees, animal cries, or as the voices and songs of his loved ones once filled his heart. He is sidewalk happy.
—Frank Lloyd Wright, 1958The greatest veneration one can show the law is to keep a watch on it.
—Nadine Gordimer, 1971These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.
—Claude Monet, 1908One of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.
—Julia Child, 2001Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the inclination of your heart and the desire of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
—Book of Ecclesiastes, c. 200 BCAshore it’s wine, women, and song; aboard it’s rum, bum, and concertina.
—British naval saying, c. 1800There is a city in which you find everything you desire—handsome people, pleasures, ornaments of every kind—all that the natural person craves. However, you cannot find a single wise person there.
—Rumi, c. 1250Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco pipes of those who diffuse it; it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker.
—George Eliot, 1876The past is always tense and the future, perfect.
—Zadie Smith, 2000