He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
—Molière, 1666
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Doctors don’t know everything really. They understand matter, not spirit. And you and I live in spirit.
—William Saroyan, 1943Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
—Reinhold Niebuhr, 1944There are some who, if a cat accidentally comes into the room, though they neither see it nor are told of it, will presently be in a sweat and ready to die away.
—Increase Mather, 1684All pain is one malady with many names.
—Antiphanes, c. 400 BCKnowledge itself is power.
—Francis Bacon, 1597Trade is a social act.
—John Stuart Mill, 1859It is a greater advantage to be honestly educated than honorably born.
—Erasmus, 1518Hygienic law, like martial law, supersedes rights in crises.
—Samuel Hopkins Adams, 1913The mind of man is capable of anything.
—Guy de Maupassant, 1884The men of today are born to criticize; of Achilles they see only the heel.
—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1880Sanity is madness put to good uses; waking life is a dream controlled.
—George Santayana, 1920Technology is so much fun, but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.
—Daniel Boorstin, 1978