The world is made of the very stuff of the body.
—Maurice Merleau-Ponty, 1961
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As usual, what we call “progress” is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.
—Havelock Ellis, 1914Hatred of domestic work is a natural and admirable result of civilization.
—Rebecca West, 1912The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God.
—William Blake, 1793Medication alone is not to be relied on. In one half the cases medicine is not needed, or is worse than useless. Obedience to spiritual and physical laws—hygiene of the body and hygiene of the spirit—is the surest warrant for health and happiness.
—Harriot K. Hunt, 1856Whatever the apparent cause of any riots may be, the real one is always want of happiness.
—Thomas Paine, 1792And then, sir, there is this consideration: that if the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up and, claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system.
—Samuel Johnson, 1791Until you’ve lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.
—Margaret Mitchell, 1936Is all our fire of shipwreck wood?
—Robert Browning, 1862To be a successful father… there’s one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don’t look at it for the first two years.
—Ernest Hemingway, 1954Those who give the first shock to a state are the first overwhelmed in its ruin; the fruits of public commotion are seldom enjoyed by him who was the first mover; he only beats the water for another’s net.
—Michel de Montaigne, 1580Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
—Ecclesiastes, c. 250 BCTo know intense joy without a strong bodily frame, one must have an enthusiastic soul.
—George Eliot, 1872