Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.
—Instructions of Ankhsheshonqy, c. 100 BC
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I imagined it was more difficult to die.
—Louis XIV, 1715Where shall I, of wandering weary, find my resting place at last?
—Heinrich Heine, 1827The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases. We go on a journey chiefly to be free of all impediments and of all inconveniences—to leave ourselves behind, much more to get rid of others.
—William Hazlitt, 1822All of life is a foreign country.
—Jack Kerouac, 1949A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.
—Ouida, 1880Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do.
—Rudy Giuliani, 1999So many men, so many opinions.
—Terence, 161 BCIn a true democracy, everyone can be upper-class and live in Connecticut.
—Lisa Birnbach, 1980When nature is overriden, she takes her revenge.
—Marya Mannes, 1958I take it as a prime cause of the present confusion of society that it is too sickly and too doubtful to use pleasure frankly as a test of value.
—Rebecca West, 1939my mind is
a big hunk of irrevocable nothing
The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.
—Vladimir Nabokov, 1941