We should always presume the disease to be curable until its own nature proves it otherwise.
—Peter Mere Latham, c. 1845
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Spit not in the well; you may have to drink its water.
—French proverbThe work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me devoid of value if it does not offer the hardness, the rigidity, the regularity, the luster on every interior and exterior facet, of the crystal.
—André Breton, 1937It is remarkable that only small birds properly sing.
—Charles Darwin, 1871Don’t try to make a profit on a bad trade; just try to find the best place to get out.
—Linda Bradford Raschke, 1992Best is water.
—Pindar, 476 BCThought depends absolutely on the stomach, but in spite of that, those who have the best stomachs are not the best thinkers.
—Voltaire, 1770That sweet bondage which is freedom’s self.
—Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1813All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full.
—Book of Ecclesiastes, c. 250 BCReal generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
—Albert Camus, 1951All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the state.
—Albert Camus, 1951Without music life would be a mistake.
—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1889We are a commercial people. We cannot boast of our arts, our crafts, our cultivation; our boast is in the wealth we produce.
—Ida M. Tarbell, 1904