There’s plenty of fire in the coldest flint!
—Rachel Field, 1939
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A crowded police court docket is the surest sign that trade is brisk and money plenty.
—Mark Twain, 1872Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
—Gore Vidal, 1973All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it.
—Henry David Thoreau, 1849Business? Why, it’s very simple; business is other people’s money.
—Alexandre Dumas, 1857Laughter almost ever cometh of things most disproportioned to ourselves and nature. Laughter hath only a scornful tickling.
—Philip Sidney, 1582There is nothing worse for mortals than a wandering life.
—Homer, c. 750 BCEducation is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
—Oscar Wilde, 1890The friend of all humanity is no friend to me.
—Molière, 1666People revere the Constitution yet know so little about it—and that goes for some of my fellow senators.
—Robert Byrd, 2005Every gift has a personality—that of its giver.
—Nuruddin Farah, 1992Understanding is a very dull occupation.
—Gertrude Stein, 1937Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost.
—Robert Southey, 1809