Lord, I do not ask that thou shouldst give me wealth; only show me where it is, and I will attend to the rest.
—Kate Douglas Wiggin, 1898
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The sleep of reason produces monsters.
—Francisco Goya, 1799I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received.
—Antonio Porchia, 1943Most authors seek fame, but I seek for justice—a holier impulse than ever entered into the ambitious struggles of the votaries of that fickle, flirting goddess.
—Davy Crockett, 1834Keep away from physicians. It is all probing and guessing and pretending with them. They leave it to nature to cure in her own time, but they take the credit. As well as very fat fees.
—Anthony Burgess, 1964What is death? A scary mask. Take it off—see, it doesn’t bite.
—Epictetus, c. 110Necessity knows no law except to conquer.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCDance tunes are always right.
—Dylan Thomas, 1936We are a commercial people. We cannot boast of our arts, our crafts, our cultivation; our boast is in the wealth we produce.
—Ida M. Tarbell, 1904From the cradle to the coffin, underwear comes first.
—Bertolt Brecht, 1928Very shy people don’t even want to take up the space that their body actually takes up.
—Andy Warhol, 1975Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes to work.
—Carl Sandburg, 1959Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost.
—Robert Southey, 1809