There is no work of human hands which time does not wear away and reduce to dust.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 46 BC
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Every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1605Drugs, cataplasms, and whiskey are stupid substitutes for the dignity and potency of divine mind and its efficacy to heal.
—Mary Baker Eddy, 1908Civilization, as we know it, is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.
—Arnold Toynbee, 1948Today’s city is the most vulnerable social structure ever conceived by man.
—Martin Oppenheimer, 1969Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1903Money is a language for translating the work of the farmer into the work of the barber, doctor, engineer, or plumber.
—Marshall McLuhan, 1964If you must take care that your opinions do not differ in the least from those of the person with whom you are talking, you might just as well be alone.
—Yoshida Kenko, c. 1330Revolution begins in putting on bright colors.
—Tennessee Williams, 1944Disease is not of the body but of the place.
—Latin proverbFriendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion to vice.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, c. 45 BCI cannot bear a parent’s tears.
—Virgil, c. 25 BCIt is hard when nature does not respect your intentions, and she never does exactly respect them.
—Wendell Berry, 1985