The only function of a school is to make self-education easier.
—Isaac Asimov, 1974
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All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
—Fran Lebowitz, 1978The people are the foundation of the state. If the foundations are firm, the state will be tranquil.
—Classic of History, c. 400 BCLuck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899Every man takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.
—Arthur Schopenhauer, 1851The money we have is the means to liberty; that which we pursue is the means to slavery.
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau, c. 1770Sanity is madness put to good uses; waking life is a dream controlled.
—George Santayana, 1920I 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, 1879Perish the universe, provided I have my revenge.
—Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac, 1654An ape will be an ape, though clad in purple.
—Erasmus, 1511The best physician is he who can distinguish the possible from the impossible.
—Herophilus, c. 290 BCThe life of a sailor is very unhealthy.
—Francis Galton, 1883The nature of God is a circle, of which the center is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere.
—Empedocles, c. 450 BC