Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
—Anatole France, 1881
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For, say they, when cruising in an empty ship, if you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.
—Herman Melville, 1851Oligopoly, plutocracy, kleptocracy: All things that are good for a shareholder.
—James J. Cramer, 2006my mind is
a big hunk of irrevocable nothing
Little folks become their little fate.
—Horace, c. 20 BCThe world is made of the very stuff of the body.
—Maurice Merleau-Ponty, 1961Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity.
—Sigmund Freud, 1930The law is far, the fist is near.
—Korean proverbGrown up, and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, c. 1940For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.
—Richard Feynman, 1986How many desolate creatures on the earth have learnt the simple dues of fellowship and social comfort in a hospital.
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1857Emigration is easy, but immigration is something else. To flee, yes; but to be accepted?
—Victoria Wolff, 1943Don’t ever wear artistic jewelry; it wrecks a woman’s reputation.
—Colette, 1944