The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended—and not to take a hint when a hint isn’t intended.
—Robert Frost, 1939
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Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable desire to seek the truth.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 45 BCWhat a man does abroad by night requires and implies more deliberate energy than what he is encouraged to do in the sunshine.
—Henry David Thoreau, 1852I hate the sight of monkeys; they remind me so of poor relations.
—Henry Luttrell, 1820It is impossible to live pleasurably without living wisely, well, and justly, and impossible to live wisely, well, and justly without living pleasurably.
—Epicurus, c. 300 BCSpeak and speed; the close mouth catches no flies.
—Benjamin Franklin, c. 1732The only equals are those who are equally rich.
—Burundian proverbThere is a kind of revolution of so general a character that it changes the mental tastes as well as the fortunes of the world.
—La Rochefoucauld, 1665Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave.
—Thomas Browne, 1658He may be a patriot for Austria, but the question is whether he is a patriot for me.
—Emperor Francis Joseph, c. 1850One of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.
—Julia Child, 2001Nature is the art of God.
—Thomas Browne, 1635If a man will observe as he walks the streets, I believe he will find the merriest countenances in mourning coaches.
—Jonathan Swift, 1706