Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
—William Makepeace Thackeray, 1847
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The beginning of health lies in knowing the disease.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1615Our nature lies in movement; complete calm is death.
—Blaise Pascal, c. 1640Too many people have decided to do without generosity in order to practice charity.
—Albert Camus, 1956The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.
—Laurence Sterne, 1760I have a terrible memory; I never forget a thing.
—Edith Konecky, 1976Water is the first principle of everything.
—Thales of Miletus, c. 600 BCThe legislator is like the navigator of a ship on the high seas. He can steer the vessel on which he sails, but he cannot alter its construction, raise the wind, or stop the waves from swelling beneath his feet.
—Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835Insurgents are like conquerors: they must go forward; the moment they are stopped, they are lost.
—Duke of Wellington, c. 1819Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
—George Eliot, 1857Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made.
—Immanuel Kant, 1784Health care delivery is one of the tragedies still in America.
—Jewel Plummer Cobb, 1989Dance tunes are always right.
—Dylan Thomas, 1936