Rivalry is the whetstone of talent.
—Roman proverb
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A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.
—James Joyce, 1922To be sick is to enjoy monarchal prerogatives.
—Charles Lamb, 1833Revolution can never be forecast; it cannot be foretold; it comes of itself. Revolution is brewing and is bound to flare up.
—Vladimir Lenin, 1918Machines seem to sense that I am afraid of them. It makes them hostile.
—Sharyn McCrumb, 1990In the country gossip is a pastime; in the city it is a warfare.
—W.M.L. Jay, 1870The things of the night cannot be explained in the day, because they do not then exist.
—Ernest Hemingway, 1929Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
—Alexander Pope, 1733Recreations should be as sauces to your meat, to sharpen your appetite unto the duties of your calling, and not to glut yourselves with them.
—Thomas Gouge, 1672Hunting is all that’s worth living for—all time is lost what is not spent in hunting—it is like the air we breathe—if we have it not we die—it’s the sport of kings, the image of war without its guilt.
—Robert Smith Surtees, 1843I have often repented speaking, but never of holding my tongue.
—Xenocrates, c. 350 BCSome of us would be greatly astonished to learn the reasons why others respect us.
—Marquis de Vauvenargues, 1746Think rich. Look poor.
—Andy Warhol, 1975