Honest commerce is the great civilizer. We exchange ideas when we exchange fabrics.
—Robert G. Ingersoll, 1882
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Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
—Gore Vidal, 1973There is nothing worse for mortals than a wandering life.
—Homer, c. 750 BCBut of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.
—Genesis, c. 900 BCLaws, like houses, lean on one another.
—Edmund Burke, 1765When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.
—Ursula K. Le Guin, 1969The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.
—Italo Calvino, 1967Credulity forges more miracles than trickery could invent.
—Joseph Joubert, 1811Commerce tends to wear off those prejudices which maintain distinction and animosity between nations.
—William Robertson, 1769I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
—Thomas Hobbes, 1679Men argue, nature acts.
—Voltaire, 1764Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.
—Robert Wilson, 1991You should never have your best trousers on when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.
—Henrik Ibsen, 1882