He who sings frightens away his ills.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1605
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Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1938Men are generally more pleased with a widespread than with a great reputation.
—Pliny the Younger, c. 110Night affords the most convenient shade for works of darkness.
—John Taylor, 1750’Tis a portentous sign / When a man sweats and at the same time shivers.
—Plautus, c. 180 BCLove is so short, forgetting is so long.
—Pablo Neruda, 1924A change of fortune hurts a wise man no more than a change of the moon.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1732He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1833Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.
—Albert Camus, c. 1940Modesty is a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1615Who draws his sword against his prince must throw away the scabbard.
—James Howell, 1659There is only one antidote to mental suffering and that is physical pain.
—Karl Marx, 1860The sleep of reason produces monsters.
—Francisco Goya, 1799