To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the need for thought.
—Henri Poincaré, 1903
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Some nights are like honey—and some like wine—and some like wormwood.
—L.M. Montgomery, 1927I am dying with the help of too many physicians.
—Alexander the Great, c. 323 BCWhat sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.
—Joseph Addison, 1711Perish the universe, provided I have my revenge.
—Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac, 1654Who sleepeth with dogs shall rise with fleas.
—John Florio, 1578The land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
—The BibleMethinks the human method of expression by sound of tongue is very elementary and ought to be substituted for some ingenious invention which should be able to give vent to at least six coherent sentences at once.
—Virginia Woolf, 1899Youth is the time to go flashing from one end of the world to the other both in mind and body, to try the manners of different nations, to hear the chimes at midnight.
—Robert Louis Stevenson, 1881I proclaim night more truthful than the day.
—Léopold Sédar Senghor, 1956Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
—La Rochefoucauld, 1665Abstainer, n. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906Idolatry is the mother of all games.
—Novatian, c. 255