Style is the image of character.
—Edward Gibbon, c. 1789
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The fear of the Lord is true wisdom, and he who hath it not can in no way penetrate the true secrets of magic.
—Abraham the Jew, c. 1400I have yet, I believe, some years in store, for I have a good state of health and a happy mind, and I take care of both by nourishing the first with temperance and the latter with abundance. This, I believe, you will allow to be the true philosophy of life.
—Thomas Paine, 1803The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.
—Vladimir Nabokov, 1941I count myself in nothing else so happy / As in a soul remembering my good friends.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1595What one man can invent another can discover.
—Arthur Conan Doyle, 1905Democracy is the menopause of Western society, the grand climacteric of the body social. Fascism is its middle-aged lust.
—Jean Baudrillard, 1987Don’t try to make a profit on a bad trade; just try to find the best place to get out.
—Linda Bradford Raschke, 1992I never yet could make out why men are so fond of hunting; they often hurt themselves, often spoil good horses, and tear up the fields—and all for a hare or a fox or a stag that they could get more easily some other way.
—Anna Sewell, 1877I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
—Jerome K. Jerome, 1889I think heaven will not be as good as earth, unless it bring with it that sweet power to remember, which is the staple of heaven here.
—Emily Dickinson, 1879The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
—Basho, c. 1690A family’s photograph album is generally about the extended family—and, often, is all that remains of it.
—Susan Sontag, 1977