There is no blindness more insidious, more fatal, than this race for profit.
—Helen Keller, 1928
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The most may err as grossly as the few.
—John Dryden, 1681To gaze upon a drop of water is to behold the nature of all the waters of the universe.
—Huangbo Xiyun, c. 850The sleep of reason produces monsters.
—Francisco Goya, 1799Shamelessness is the shame of being without shame.
—Mencius, c. 290 BCNo wise man ever wished to be younger.
—Jonathan Swift, 1706I doubt that we have any right to pity the dead for their own sakes.
—Lord Byron, 1817The Mediterranean has the colors of a mackerel, changeable I mean. You don’t always know if it is green or violet—you can’t even say it’s blue, because the next moment the changing light has taken on a tinge of pink or gray.
—Vincent van Gogh, 1888Sex and drugs and rock and roll.
—Ian Dury, 1977I look for the end of the future, but it never ceases to arrive.
—Zhuangzi, c. 325 BCThanks be to God: since my leaving drinking of wine, I do find myself much better and do mind my business better, and do spend less money, and less time lost in idle company.
—Samuel Pepys, 1662If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
—Mark Twain, 1894These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.
—Claude Monet, 1908