And, after all, what is a lie? ’Tis but the truth in masquerade.
—Lord Byron, 1822
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The affairs of the world are no more than so much trickery, and a man who toils for money or honor or whatever else in deference to the wishes of others, rather than because his own desire or needs lead him to do so, will always be a fool.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1774No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
—Abraham LincolnDo not fear the clatter of wheels, the bumps and slops in corridors. It is only turbulence.
—Romalyn Ante, 2020The true art of memory is the art of attention.
—Samuel Johnson, 1759Those who go overseas find a change of climate, not a change of soul.
—Horace, c. 20 BCEvery individual existence goes out in a lonely spasm of helpless agony.
—William James, 1902Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
—H.G. Wells, 1920If they prescribe a lot of remedies for some sickness or other, it means that the sickness is incurable.
—Anton Chekhov, 1904What touches all shall be approved by all.
—Edward I, 1295There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time in the midst of wretchedness.
—Dante Alighieri, c. 1321Democracy cannot be static. Whatever is static is dead.
—Eleanor Roosevelt, 1942Hoping for new friendship from old enemies is / Like expecting to find a rose in a furnace.
—Muhammad Baqir Najm-i Sani, 1612