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—Charles Schulz, 1971
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What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
—Alexander Pope, 1712None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.
—Pearl S. Buck, 1943One great reason why many children abandon themselves wholly to silly sports and trifle away all their time insipidly is because they have found their curiosity baulked and their inquiries neglected.
—John Locke, 1693If there is a word in the dictionary under any letter from A to Z that I abominate, it is energy.
—Charles Dickens, 1865Machines seem to sense that I am afraid of them. It makes them hostile.
—Sharyn McCrumb, 1990Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.
—Robertson Davies, 1985The most hateful torment for men is to have knowledge of everything but power over nothing.
—Herodotus, c. 425 BCThere are times when reality becomes too complex for oral communication. But legend gives it a form by which it pervades the whole world.
—Jean-Luc Godard, 1965Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
—Erica Jong, 1973All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
—Toni Morrison, 1987Infectious disease is one of the few genuine adventures left in the world.
—Hans Zinsser, 1935Fortune resists half-hearted prayers.
—Ovid, 8