Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
—Zora Neale Hurston, 1942
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Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco pipes of those who diffuse it; it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker.
—George Eliot, 1876Who draws his sword against his prince must throw away the scabbard.
—James Howell, 1659From hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee.
—Herman Melville, 1851Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society.
—Mark Twain, 1873We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
—Aesop, c. 600 BCRewards and punishment are the lowest form of education.
—Zhuangzi, c. 286 BCHistory in its broadest aspect is a record of man’s migrations from one environment to another.
—Ellsworth Huntington, 1919One’s body, hair, and skin are a gift from one’s parents—do not dare to allow them to be harmed.
—Classic of Filial Piety, c. 200 BCEverybody says it; and what everybody says must be true.
—James Fenimore Cooper, 1844Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.
—Willa Cather, 1918Many, many steeples would have to be stacked one on top of another to reach from the bottom to the surface of the sea. It is down there that the sea folk live.
—Hans Christian Andersen, 1837There is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1943