He who commands the sea has command of everything.
—Francis Bacon, c. 1600
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The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.
—Vladimir Nabokov, 1941Usually speaking, the worst-bred person in company is a young traveler just returned from abroad.
—Jonathan Swift, c. 1730A change of fortune hurts a wise man no more than a change of the moon.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1732The mind of man is capable of anything.
—Guy de Maupassant, 1884It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
—Dolores Ibárruri, 1936Whatever the pace of this technological revolution may be, the direction is clear: the lower rungs of the economic ladder are being lopped off.
—Bayard Rustin, 1965Speak and speed; the close mouth catches no flies.
—Benjamin Franklin, c. 1732Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.
—William Morris, 1882Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
—Zora Neale Hurston, 1942War is fear cloaked in courage.
—William Westmoreland, 1966The body says what words cannot.
—Martha Graham, 1985No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.
—Samuel Johnson, 1776