A change in the weather is sufficient to create the world and oneself anew.
—Marcel Proust, c. 1920
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Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906Whatsoever is, is in God.
—Benedict de Spinoza, 1677It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
—Dolores Ibárruri, 1936Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
—William Jennings Bryan, 1899I cannot bear a parent’s tears.
—Virgil, c. 25 BCMusic today is nothing more than the art of performing difficult pieces.
—Voltaire, 1759Man punishes the action, but God the intention.
—Thomas Fuller, 1732The fear of war is worse than war itself.
—Seneca, c. 50That sweet bondage which is freedom’s self.
—Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1813Slang is as old as speech and the congregating together of people in cities. It is the result of crowding and excitement and artificial life.
—John Camden Hotten, 1859The worship of opinion is, at this day, the established religion of the United States.
—Harriet Martineau, 1839The unknown is the largest need of the intellect.
—Emily Dickinson, 1876