Love lasteth as long as the money endureth.
—William Caxton, 1476Quotes
Our whole life is but one great school; from the cradle to the grave we are all learners; nor will our education be finished until we die.
—Ann Plato, 1841Idolatry is the mother of all games.
—Novatian, c. 255Oh, democracy! Whither are you leading us?
—Aristophanes, 414 BCYou can’t find the soul with a scalpel.
—Gustave Flaubert, c. 1880The man in constant fear is every day condemned.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCCommerce tends to wear off those prejudices which maintain distinction and animosity between nations.
—William Robertson, 1769There’s folks ’ud hold a sieve under the pump and expect to carry away the water.
—George Eliot, 1859Everyone else is represented in Washington by a rich and powerful lobby, it seems. But there is no lobby for the people.
—Shirley Chisholm, 1970Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny, they have only shifted it to another shoulder.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1903Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.
—Margaret Mead, 1972I love everyone now that I have gray hair.
—Polatkin, c. 1855If the heavens were all parchment, and the trees of the forest all pens, and every human being were a scribe, it would still be impossible to record all that I have learned from my teachers.
—Jochanan ben Zakkai, c. 75