The bathing was so delightful this morning, and Molly so pressing with me to enjoy myself, that I believe I stayed in rather too long, as since the middle of the day I have felt unreasonably tired. I shall be more careful another time, and shall not bathe tomorrow as I had before intended.
—Jane Austen, 1804
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One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.
—Virginia Woolf, 1929Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the inclination of your heart and the desire of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
—Book of Ecclesiastes, c. 200 BCThe true mission of American sports is to prepare young men for war.
—Dwight D. Eisenhower, c. 1952We are as near to heaven by sea as by land!
—Humphrey Gilbert, 1583There’s plenty of water in the universe without life, but nowhere is there life without water.
—Sylvia Alice Earle, 1995The less intelligent the white man is, the more stupid he thinks the black.
—André Gide, 1927Making a film means, first of all, to tell a story. That story can be an improbable one, but it should never be banal. It must be dramatic and human. What is drama, after all, but life with the dull bits cut out?
—Alfred Hitchcock, 1962Death renders all equal.
—Claudian, c. 395Some folks want their luck buttered.
—Thomas Hardy, 1886A garden must be looked into, and dressed as the body.
—George Herbert, 1640The more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm of conversation.
—Plato, c. 375 BCThe vice presidency isn’t worth a pitcher of warm piss.
—John Nance Garner, c. 1967