A change of fortune hurts a wise man no more than a change of the moon.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1732
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Those who are awake have a world that is one and common, but each of those who are asleep turns aside into his own particular world.
—Heraclitus, c. 500 BCI have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.
—Michelangelo Antonioni, 1967Envy is the basis of democracy.
—Bertrand Russell, 1930In times of pestilence, gaiety and joyousness are most profitable.
—Jacme d’Agramont, 1348Trade’s proud empire hastes to swift decay.
—Oliver Goldsmith, 1770There are truths that prove their discoverers witless.
—Karl Kraus, 1909Unfortunately, humanitarianism has been the mark of an inhuman time.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1932I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.
—Thomas Jefferson, 1789Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war with one another.
—Plato, c. 378 BCPerish the universe, provided I have my revenge.
—Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac, 1654He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
—Plautus, c. 200 BCI’ve been on a calendar, but never on time.
—Marilyn Monroe, 1962