I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
—Thomas Jefferson, 1816
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Honest commerce is the great civilizer. We exchange ideas when we exchange fabrics.
—Robert G. Ingersoll, 1882Happiness is a warm puppy.
—Charles Schulz, 1971The happy ending is our national belief.
—Mary McCarthy, 1947The people are the foundation of the state. If the foundations are firm, the state will be tranquil.
—Classic of History, c. 400 BCReal generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
—Albert Camus, 1951We need strength, we need energy, we need quickness, and we need brain in this country to turn it around.
—Donald Trump, 2015There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.
—Francis Bacon, 1625Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind.
—Woody Allen, 1979To safeguard one’s health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness indeed.
—La Rochefoucauld, 1678It costs a lot to make a person look this cheap.
—Dolly Parton, 1994If the human race wants to go to hell in a basket, technology can help it get there by jet.
—Charles M. Allen, 1967Envy and hatred are apt to blind the eyes and render them unable to behold things as they are.
—Margaret of Valois, c. 1600