The power which the sea requires in the sailor makes a man of him very fast, and the change of shores and population clears his head of much nonsense of his wigwam.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1870
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Spies are of no use nowadays. Their profession is over. The newspapers do their work instead.
—Oscar Wilde, 1895I have often repented speaking, but never of holding my tongue.
—Xenocrates, c. 350 BCTomorrow we take to the mighty sea.
—Horace, 23 BCIt is not my design to drink or sleep; my design is to make what haste I can to be gone.
—Oliver Cromwell, 1658Even though counting heads is not an ideal way to govern, at least it is better than breaking them.
—Learned Hand, 1932A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
—Ralph Nader, 2000To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
—Quentin Crisp, 1968He who would be happy should stay at home.
—Greek proverbWhen a man dies, and his kin are glad of it, they say, “He is better off.”
—Edgar Watson Howe, 1911Dread attends the unknown.
—Nadine Gordimer, 1998The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1615Envy is the basis of democracy.
—Bertrand Russell, 1930