The wonderful sea charmed me from the first.
—Joshua Slocum, 1900
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It would be madness, and inconsistency, to suppose that things which have never yet been performed can be performed without employing some hitherto untried means.
—Francis Bacon, 1620The root of the kingdom is in the State. The root of the State is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its Head.
—Mencius, c. 270 BCHappiness does not dwell in herds, nor yet in gold.
—Democritus, c. 420 BCRivalry is the whetstone of talent.
—Roman proverbDread attends the unknown.
—Nadine Gordimer, 1998Hoping for new friendship from old enemies is / Like expecting to find a rose in a furnace.
—Muhammad Baqir Najm-i Sani, 1612Even members of the nobility, let alone persons of no consequence, would do well not to have children.
—Yoshida Kenko, c. 1330If I lose at play, I blaspheme, and if my fellow loses, he blasphemes. So that God is always sure to be the loser.
—John Donne, 1623There are times when reality becomes too complex for oral communication. But legend gives it a form by which it pervades the whole world.
—Jean-Luc Godard, 1965Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals—except the weasel.
—The Simpsons, 1993There is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1943A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard.
—Martin Luther King Jr., c. 1967