There is a vital force in rumor. Though crushed to earth, to all intents and purposes buried, it can rise again without apparent effort.
—Eleanor Robson Belmont, 1957
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Great cities must ever be centers of light and darkness, the home of the best and the worst of our race, holding within themselves the highest talent for good and evil.
—Matthew Hale Smith, 1868He who would have clear water should go to the fountainhead.
—Italian proverbOf troubles none is greater than to be robbed of one’s native land.
—Euripides, 431 BCOur whole life is but one great school; from the cradle to the grave we are all learners; nor will our education be finished until we die.
—Ann Plato, 1841I am a friend of the workingman, and I would rather be his friend than be one.
—Clarence Darrow, 1932The ability to store our data externally helps us imagine that our time is limitless, our space infinite.
—Carina Chocano, 2012There never was a good war or a bad peace.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1773I said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?”
—Book of Ecclesiastes, 225 BCI’m at an age when my back goes out more than I do.
—Phyllis Diller, 1981Liberty and democracy are eternal enemies.
—H.L. Mencken, 1925Every gift has a personality—that of its giver.
—Nuruddin Farah, 1992We must confess that at present the rich predominate, but the future will be for the virtuous and ingenious.
—Jean de La Bruyère, 1688