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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

I live by good soup, and not on fine language.

—Molière, 1672

The only justification of rebellion is success.

—Thomas B. Reed, 1878

Nothing puzzles me more than time and space, and yet nothing puzzles me less, for I never think about them.

—Charles Lamb, 1810

There is no man so fortunate that there shall not be by him when he is dying some who are pleased with what is going to happen.

—Marcus Aurelius, c. 175

A true German can’t stand the French, / Yet willingly he drinks their wines.

—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1832

The brightest light burns the quickest.

—Olive Beatrice Muir, 1900

Rivalry adds so much to the charms of one’s conquests.

—Louisa May Alcott, 1866

It’s easy to be independent when you’ve got money. But to be independent when you haven’t got a thing—that’s the Lord’s test.

—Mahalia Jackson, 1966

To love a woman who scorns you is to lick honey from a thorn.

—Welsh proverb

Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.

—Socrates, c. 430 BC

Some are born to sweet delight,
Some are born to endless night.

—William Blake, c. 1803

In dealing with the dead, if we treat them as if they were entirely dead, that would show a want of affection and should not be done; or, if we treat them as if they were entirely alive, that would show a want of wisdom and should not be done.

—Confucius, c. 500 BC