He knows the water best who has waded through it.
—Danish proverb
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I count myself in nothing else so happy / As in a soul remembering my good friends.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1595Commerce tends to wear off those prejudices which maintain distinction and animosity between nations.
—William Robertson, 1769Death keeps no calendar.
—George Herbert, 1640I hate the sight of monkeys; they remind me so of poor relations.
—Henry Luttrell, 1820Unfortunately, humanitarianism has been the mark of an inhuman time.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1932Water is the readiest means of making friends with nature.
—Ludwig Feuerbach, 1841Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.
—Plato, c. 375 BCI am a living symbol of the white man’s fear.
—Winnie Mandela, 1985We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.
—Barbara Ehrenreich, 1991No poems can please long, nor live, that are written by water drinkers.
—Horace, 35 BCWhoever has died is freed from sin.
—St. Paul, c. 50Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.
—Aphra Behn, 1677