By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.
—Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1955
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It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
—The BibleNo one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
—Bertrand Russell, 1961Little folks become their little fate.
—Horace, c. 20 BCThe discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a star.
—Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, 1825Who sleepeth with dogs shall rise with fleas.
—John Florio, 1578O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.
—Horace, c. 8 BCA Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy, and will remain a fifteen-year-old boy till they die!
—Philip Roth, 1969History in its broadest aspect is a record of man’s migrations from one environment to another.
—Ellsworth Huntington, 1919The art of invention grows young with the things invented.
—Francis Bacon, 1605Appearances are a glimpse of the obscure.
—Anaxagoras, c. 450 BCThe true art of memory is the art of attention.
—Samuel Johnson, 1759I cannot live without books, but fewer will suffice where amusement, and not use, is the only future object.
—Thomas Jefferson, 1815