Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC
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Everyone complains about his memory, and no one complains about his judgment.
—La Rochefoucauld, 1666Don’t ever wear artistic jewelry; it wrecks a woman’s reputation.
—Colette, 1944We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.
—Oscar Wilde, 1887For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.
—Robert Louis Stevenson, 1879You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
—Aristophanes, c. 424 BCNature is immovable.
—Euripides, c. 415 BCYou never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens, and crowned with the stars.
—Thomas Traherne, c. 1670We all have a contract with the public—in us they see themselves, or what they would like to be.
—Clark Gable, 1935Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
—George Eliot, 1857The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth.
—Gaston Bachelard, 1960I have a terrible memory; I never forget a thing.
—Edith Konecky, 1976Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable desire to seek the truth.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 45 BC