How can we bear misfortune most easily? If we see our enemies faring worse.
—Thales of Miletus, c. 585 BC
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If anything affects your eye, you hasten to have it removed; if anything affects your mind, you postpone the cure for a year.
—Horace, 20 BCPower is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
—Henry Kissinger, 1972That which is evil is soon learned.
—John Ray, 1670Conservation is not merely a thing to be enshrined in outdoor museums, but a way of living on land.
—Aldo Leopold, 1933O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.
—Horace, c. 8 BCEvery man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.
—Jane Austen, 1818The past is always tense and the future, perfect.
—Zadie Smith, 2000Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
—Tom Robbins, 1976It is noble to die before doing anything that deserves death.
—Anaxandrides, c. 376Fate leads the willing and drags along those who hang back.
—Cleanthes, c. 250 BCThe traveler with nothing on him sings in the robber’s face.
—Juvenal, c. 125Our allotted time is the passing of a shadow.
—Book of Wisdom, c. 100 BC