Courage and grace is a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.
—Marlene Dietrich, 1962
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A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast.
—The BibleQuarreling must lead to disorder, and disorder exhaustion.
—Xunzi, c. 250 BCThe one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous.
—Salvador Dalí, 1953O flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified!
—William Shakespeare, c. 1596Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.
—Hebrews, c. 60Health indeed is a precious thing, to recover and preserve which we undergo any misery, drink bitter potions, freely give our goods—restore a man to his health, his purse lies open to thee.
—Robert Burton, 1621Better free in a strange land than a slave at home.
—German proverbWe are as near to heaven by sea as by land!
—Humphrey Gilbert, 1583Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.
—John Donne, c. 1629Everyone lives by selling something.
—Robert Louis Stevenson, 1892Love lasteth as long as the money endureth.
—William Caxton, 1476Imagination is the secret and marrow of civilization. It is the very eye of faith.
—Henry Ward Beecher, 1887