A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.
—James Joyce, 1922
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A human being must have occupation, if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.
—Dorothy L. Sayers, 1947A dead enemy always smells good.
—Aulus Vitellius, 69We should always presume the disease to be curable until its own nature proves it otherwise.
—Peter Mere Latham, c. 1845A family’s photograph album is generally about the extended family—and, often, is all that remains of it.
—Susan Sontag, 1977Under the wide and starry sky, / Dig the grave and let me lie.
—Robert Louis Stevenson, 1887To ensure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough; a police force is needed as well.
—Albert Camus, 1951It is hell to belong to a suppressed minority.
—Claude McKay, 1937The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
—Aristotle, c. 330 BCMan is a troublesome animal and therefore is not very manageable.
—Plato, c. 349 BCThe most advanced nations are always those who navigate the most.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1870A whale-ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.
—Herman Melville, 1851A shopkeeper will never get the more custom by beating his customers; and what is true of a shopkeeper is true of a shopkeeping nation.
—Josiah Tucker, 1766