The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.
—Aristotle, c. 322 BC
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One is never as unhappy as one thinks, nor as happy as one hopes.
—La Rochefoucauld, 1664If people think Nature is their friend, then they sure don’t need an enemy.
—Kurt Vonnegut, 1988It is noble to die before doing anything that deserves death.
—Anaxandrides, c. 376A garden must be looked into, and dressed as the body.
—George Herbert, 1640Let the French but have England, and they won’t want to conquer it.
—Horace Walpole, 1745Memories are like corks left out of bottles. They swell. They no longer fit.
—Harriet Doerr, 1978I do love cricket—it’s so very English.
—Sarah Bernhardt, c. 1908Do not ask me to be kind; just ask me to act as though I were.
—Jules Renard, 1898The future is no more uncertain than the present.
—Walt Whitman, 1856And, after all, what is a lie? ’Tis but the truth in masquerade.
—Lord Byron, 1822Friendship is a plant that loves the sun—thrives ill under clouds.
—Bronson Alcott, 1872Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.
—Kate Moss, 2009