Traveling is like gambling: it is ever connected with winning and losing, and generally where least expected we receive more or less than we hoped for.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1797
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The law is established from above but becomes custom below.
—Su Zhe, c. 1100The deed is everything, the glory naught.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1832I hate the sight of monkeys; they remind me so of poor relations.
—Henry Luttrell, 1820Reputation, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others.
—Douglas Jerrold, 1840Nature’s rules have no exceptions.
—Herbert Spencer, 1851The believer in magic and miracles reflects on how to impose a law on nature—and, in brief, the religious cult is the outcome of this reflection.
—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1878I think that to get under the surface and really appreciate the beauty of any country, one has to go there poor.
—Grace Moore, 1944All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the state.
—Albert Camus, 1951Drugs, cataplasms, and whiskey are stupid substitutes for the dignity and potency of divine mind and its efficacy to heal.
—Mary Baker Eddy, 1908If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it.
—Martial, c. 86There is a time to battle against nature, and a time to obey her. True wisdom lies in making the right choice.
—Arthur C. Clarke, 1979Vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
—Ecclesiastes, c. 250 BC