All the daughters of music shall be brought low.
—Ecclesiastes, c. 400 BC
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Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
—Oscar Wilde, 1890Every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1605When the physician said to him, “You have lived to be an old man,” he said, “That is because I never employed you as my physician.”
—Pausanias, c. 450 BCWhat is death? A scary mask. Take it off—see, it doesn’t bite.
—Epictetus, c. 110And your very flesh shall be a great poem.
—Walt Whitman, 1855However harmless a thing is, if the law forbids it, most people will think it wrong.
—W. Somerset Maugham, 1896In a true democracy, everyone can be upper-class and live in Connecticut.
—Lisa Birnbach, 1980Rewards and punishment are the lowest form of education.
—Zhuangzi, c. 286 BCI never even saw the use of the sea. Many a sad heart has it caused, and many a sick stomach has it occasioned! The boldest sailor climbs on board with a heavy soul and leaps on land with a light spirit.
—Benjamin Disraeli, 1827The brain is an unreliable organ, it is monstrously great, monstrously developed. Swollen, like a goiter.
—Aleksandr Blok, c. 1920A person who sees only fashion in fashion is a fool.
—Honoré de Balzac, 1830Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899