Quotes

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.

—Ulysses S. Grant, 1877

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

—Aesop, c. 600 BC

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

—Zora Neale Hurston, 1942

Fire is a natural symbol of life and passion, though it is the one element in which nothing can actually live.

—Susanne K. Langer, 1942

Friendship’s a noble name, ’tis love refined.

—Susanna Centlivre, 1703

Happiness, whether in business or private life, leaves very little trace in history.

—Fernand Braudel, 1979

A monument is money wasted. My memory will live on if my life has deserved it.

—Pliny the Younger, c. 109

The traveler with nothing on him sings in the robber’s face.

—Juvenal, c. 125

Quarreling must lead to disorder, and disorder exhaustion.

—Xunzi, c. 250 BC

All technologies should be assumed guilty until proven innocent.

—David Brower, 1992

Iron may break gold, but water remains whole.

—Ge Hong, c. 300

Mother died today. Or maybe it was yesterday, I don’t know.

—Albert Camus, 1942

Repetition is the mother of education.

—Jean Paul, 1807

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