Famous, adj. Conspicuously miserable.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906
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True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.
—Edith Wharton, 1924Most people who sneer at technology would starve to death if the engineering infrastructure were removed.
—Robert A. Heinlein, 1984The true art of memory is the art of attention.
—Samuel Johnson, 1759Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
—Oscar Wilde, 1890If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
—Voltaire, 1764O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.
—Horace, c. 8 BCI am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas and land on barbarous coasts.
—Herman Melville, 1853Life isn’t all beer and skittles, but beer and skittles, or something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every Englishman’s education.
—Thomas Hughes, 1857If you can’t go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.
—Margaret Atwood, 2005The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology.
—Edward O. Wilson, 2009No one wins a quarrel by quarreling.
—German proverbWar is sweet to those who don’t know it.
—Erasmus, 1508