Every man is worth just so much as the things he busies himself with.
—Marcus Aurelius, c. 175
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As bad a dresser as I am, anything beats being judged by my character.
—David Sedaris, 1997Two things only the people anxiously desire, bread and the circus games.
—Juvenal, c. 121The mill will never grind with water that is past.
—Daniel McCallum, 1870Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society.
—Mark Twain, 1873All those who suffer in the world do so because of their desire for their own happiness.
—Shantideva, c. 750One may like the love and despise the lover.
—George Farquhar, 1706No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn of thought that elder people have in vain tried to put into our heads before.
—Jonathan Swift, 1706Sex is more exciting on the screen and between the pages than between the sheets.
—Andy Warhol, 1975That which is evil is soon learned.
—John Ray, 1670Good fortune is light as a feather, but nobody knows how to hold it up. Misfortune is heavy as the earth, but nobody knows how to stay out of its way.
—Zhuangzi, c. 300 BCA mind lively and at ease can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.
—Jane Austen, 1815History in its broadest aspect is a record of man’s migrations from one environment to another.
—Ellsworth Huntington, 1919