All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full.
—Book of Ecclesiastes, c. 250 BC
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The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution.
—Hannah Arendt, 1970If a king loves music, there is little wrong in the land.
—Mencius, c. 330 BCEverything that has wings is beyond the reach of the law.
—Joseph Joubert, 1791A change in the weather is sufficient to create the world and oneself anew.
—Marcel Proust, c. 1920I never even saw the use of the sea. Many a sad heart has it caused, and many a sick stomach has it occasioned! The boldest sailor climbs on board with a heavy soul and leaps on land with a light spirit.
—Benjamin Disraeli, 1827Though the boys throw stones at frogs in sport, yet the frogs do not die in sport but in earnest.
—Bion of Smyrna, c. 100 BCThose who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
—Calvin Coolidge, 1932Hospitality consists in a little fire, a little food, and an immense quiet.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1856It is a certain sign of a wise government and proceeding, when it can hold men’s hearts by hopes, when it cannot by satisfaction.
—Francis Bacon, 1625Mother died today. Or maybe it was yesterday, I don’t know.
—Albert Camus, 1942There’s plenty of water in the universe without life, but nowhere is there life without water.
—Sylvia Alice Earle, 1995France has neither winter, summer, nor morals—apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country.
—Mark Twain, 1879