Where shall I, of wandering weary, find my resting place at last?
—Heinrich Heine, 1827
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How can we bear misfortune most easily? If we see our enemies faring worse.
—Thales of Miletus, c. 585 BCAnimals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men, but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
—Joseph Addison, 1711Some things are privileged from jest—namely, religion, matters of state, great persons, all men’s present business of importance, and any case that deserves pity.
—Francis Bacon, 1597Seize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys.
—André Gide, 1897The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
—Saint Augustine, c. 390It raineth every day, and the weather represents our tearful despair on a large scale.
—Mary Boykin Chesnut, 1865’Tis a portentous sign / When a man sweats and at the same time shivers.
—Plautus, c. 180 BCThe past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
—John Berger, 1984In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los Angeles you learn their star sign. In Houston you’re told how rich they are. And in New York they tell you what their rent is.
—Simon Hoggart, 1990Avoid the law—the first loss is generally the least.
—Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee, 1844Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
—B.F. Skinner, 1964Grown 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. 1940