They say, “We only have the life of this world. We die and we live, and nothing destroys us but time.” Yet, not true knowledge have they of this—only belief.
—The Qur’an, c. 620
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A human being must have occupation, if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.
—Dorothy L. Sayers, 1947If we wait for a pandemic to appear, it will be too late to prepare.
—George W. Bush, 2005To live outside the law you must be honest.
—Bob Dylan, 1966Anyone who in discussion quotes authority uses his memory rather than his intellect.
—Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1500One’s friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.
—George Santayana, c. 1914If the heavens were all parchment, and the trees of the forest all pens, and every human being were a scribe, it would still be impossible to record all that I have learned from my teachers.
—Jochanan ben Zakkai, c. 75If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
—Voltaire, 1764If a parricide is more wicked than anyone who commits homicide—because he kills not merely a man but a near relative—without doubt worse still is he who kills himself, because there is none nearer to a man than himself.
—Saint Augustine, c. 420A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast.
—The BibleBetter free in a strange land than a slave at home.
—German proverbFrom hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee.
—Herman Melville, 1851Resorting to the law to resolve a dispute is a declaration of spiritual bankruptcy.
—Quentin Crisp, 1984