One of the things men should most strive to do is win a good reputation and see that no one questions it.
—Juan Manuel, 1335
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Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
—Oscar Wilde, 1893I never yet could make out why men are so fond of hunting; they often hurt themselves, often spoil good horses, and tear up the fields—and all for a hare or a fox or a stag that they could get more easily some other way.
—Anna Sewell, 1877To be a successful father… there’s one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don’t look at it for the first two years.
—Ernest Hemingway, 1954More pernicious nonsense was never devised by man than treaties of commerce.
—Benjamin Disraeli, 1880Everyone complains about his memory, and no one complains about his judgment.
—La Rochefoucauld, 1666In times of pestilence, gaiety and joyousness are most profitable.
—Jacme d’Agramont, 1348There are some who, if a cat accidentally comes into the room, though they neither see it nor are told of it, will presently be in a sweat and ready to die away.
—Increase Mather, 1684Great inventors and discoverers seem to have made their discoveries and inventions, as it were, by the way, in the course of their everyday life.
—Elizabeth Charles, 1862A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.
—Arthur Miller, 1961We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us but for ours to amuse them.
—Evelyn Waugh, 1963War is sweet to those who don’t know it.
—Erasmus, 1508What the brain does by itself is infinitely more fascinating and complex than any response it can make to chemical stimulation.
—Ursula K. Le Guin, 1971