Science is a cemetery of dead ideas.
—Miguel de Unamuno, 1913
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A passion for horses, players, and gladiators seems to be the epidemic folly of the times. The child receives it in his mother’s womb; he brings it with him into the world, and in a mind so possessed, what room for science, or any generous purpose?
—Tacitus, c. 100The noblest kind of retribution is not to become like your enemy.
—Marcus Aurelius, c. 175The men of today are born to criticize; of Achilles they see only the heel.
—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1880Do that which consists in taking no action, and order will prevail.
—Laozi, c. 500 BCNothing is more narrow-minded than chauvinism or racial hatred. To me all men are equal; there are flatheads everywhere and I despise them all equally.
—Karl Kraus, 1909There will always be a lost dog somewhere that will prevent me from being happy.
—Jean Anouilh, 1934Man is merely a more perfect animal than the rest. He reasons better.
—Napoleon Bonaparte, 1816He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1833Kings and fools know no law.
—German proverbVery shy people don’t even want to take up the space that their body actually takes up.
—Andy Warhol, 1975The man in constant fear is every day condemned.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCWe seek with our human hands to create a second nature in the natural world.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 45 BC