It seems to me that we all look at nature too much and live with her too little.
—Oscar Wilde, 1897
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I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.
—Thomas Jefferson, 1789A multitude of small delights constitute happiness.
—Charles Baudelaire, 1897If I had been born a man, I would have conquered Europe. As I was born a woman, I exhausted my energy in tirades against fate and in eccentricities.
—Marie Bashkirtseff, 1884The noblest kind of retribution is not to become like your enemy.
—Marcus Aurelius, c. 175The three little sentences that will get you through life. Number 1: Cover for me. Number 2: Oh, good idea, Boss! Number 3: It was like that when I got here.
—Nell Scovell, 1991In all the ancient states and empires, those who had the shipping, had the wealth.
—William Petty, 1690One form of loneliness is to have a memory and no one to share it with.
—Phyllis Rose, 1991The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt.
—Leviticus, c. 600 BCThe thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.
—Edward, Duke of Windsor, 1957More and more I like to take a train. I understand why the French prefer it to automobiling—it is so much more sociable, and of course these days so much more of an adventure, and the irregularity of its regularity is fascinating.
—Gertrude Stein, 1943The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.
—Edward VIII, 1957The fact is certain because it is impossible.
—Tertullian, c. 200