Time robs us of all, even of memory.
—Virgil, c. 40 BC
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Only the little people pay taxes.
—Leona Helmsley, 1989Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.
—Voltaire, 1769One’s body, hair, and skin are a gift from one’s parents—do not dare to allow them to be harmed.
—Classic of Filial Piety, c. 200 BCFormula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
—J. Paul GettyThe newspaper is the natural enemy of the book, as the whore is of the decent woman.
—Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, 1858So many men, so many opinions.
—Terence, 161 BCWhat one man can invent another can discover.
—Arthur Conan Doyle, 1905How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.
—Søren Kierkegaard, 1843The earth is beautiful and bright and kindly, but that is not all. The earth is also terrible and dark and cruel.
—Ursula K. Le Guin, 1970Without music life would be a mistake.
—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1889I have been a stranger here in my own land all my life.
—Sophocles, c. 441 BCNature never jests.
—Albrecht von Haller, 1751