Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC
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By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BCWhat is outside my mind means nothing to it.
—Marcus Aurelius, c. 170Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
—Zora Neale Hurston, 1942The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.
—Anna Jameson, 1846Attend to earth,
for it is to earth that kings are truly wedded.
We want a lot of engineers in the modern world, but we do not want a world of engineers.
—Winston Churchill, 1948He who sings frightens away his ills.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1605Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
—Theodore Roosevelt, 1903To desire immortality for the individual is really the same as wanting to perpetuate an error forever.
—Arthur Schopenhauer, 1819The mind is led on, step by step, to defeat its own logic.
—Dai Vernon, 1994If my books had been any worse I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better I should not have come.
—Raymond Chandler, 1945Ours is an age which consciously pursues health, and yet only believes in the reality of sickness.
—Susan Sontag, 1963