We should always presume the disease to be curable until its own nature proves it otherwise.
—Peter Mere Latham, c. 1845
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I have been a stranger here in my own land all my life.
—Sophocles, c. 441 BCIt is He who has subdued the ocean so that you may eat of its fresh fish and bring up from its depth ornaments to wear. Behold the ships plowing their course through it. All this, that you may seek His bounty and render thanks.
—The Qur’an, c. 625There is no crime without precedent.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 60The root of the kingdom is in the State. The root of the State is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its Head.
—Mencius, c. 270 BCSpoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
—E.M. Forster, 1951Thanks to the interstate highway system, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything.
—Charles Kuralt, c. 1980The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1615To think ill of mankind, and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.
—William Hazlitt, 1823One who is frivolous all day will never establish a household.
—Ptahhotep, c. 2400 BCI was born at a very early age. Before I had time to regret it, I was four and a half years old.
—Groucho Marx, 1959One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
—Oscar Wilde, 1895It costs a lot of money to be rich.
—Peter Boyle, 2002