The worship of opinion is, at this day, the established religion of the United States.
—Harriet Martineau, 1839
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It is hard when nature does not respect your intentions, and she never does exactly respect them.
—Wendell Berry, 1985The Mughal’s nature is such that they demand miracles, but if a miracle were to be performed by some upright follower of our religion, they would say that it had been brought about by magic and sorcery. They would strike him down with spears or would stone him to death.
—Fr. Antonio Monserrate, 1590Rewards and punishment are the lowest form of education.
—Zhuangzi, c. 286 BCThe roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
—Aristotle, c. 330 BCMore and more I like to take a train. I understand why the French prefer it to automobiling—it is so much more sociable, and of course these days so much more of an adventure, and the irregularity of its regularity is fascinating.
—Gertrude Stein, 1943Ah, there are no children nowadays.
—Molière, 1673If a parricide is more wicked than anyone who commits homicide—because he kills not merely a man but a near relative—without doubt worse still is he who kills himself, because there is none nearer to a man than himself.
—Saint Augustine, c. 420I shall be an autocrat: that’s my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that’s his.
—Catherine the Great, c. 1796Memories are like corks left out of bottles. They swell. They no longer fit.
—Harriet Doerr, 1978Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
—Frank Zappa, c. 1975There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver.
—Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1898Repetition is the mother of education.
—Jean Paul, 1807