Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
—B.F. Skinner, 1964
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The less a man knows about the past and the present, the more insecure must prove to be his judgment of the future.
—Sigmund Freud, 1927Shamelessness is the shame of being without shame.
—Mencius, c. 290 BCGuard more faithfully the secret which is confided to you than the money which is entrusted to your care.
—Isocrates, c. 370 BCEveryone else is represented in Washington by a rich and powerful lobby, it seems. But there is no lobby for the people.
—Shirley Chisholm, 1970By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
—Confucius, c. 500 BCUntil you’ve lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.
—Margaret Mitchell, 1936Is there no way out of the mind?
—Sylvia Plath, 1962Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 63 BCPeople are trapped in history, and history is trapped in them.
—James Baldwin, 1953I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
—Jerome K. Jerome, 1889My stern chase after time is, to borrow a simile from Tom Paine, like the race of a man with a wooden leg after a horse.
—John Quincy Adams, 1844I never even saw the use of the sea. Many a sad heart has it caused, and many a sick stomach has it occasioned! The boldest sailor climbs on board with a heavy soul and leaps on land with a light spirit.
—Benjamin Disraeli, 1827