Never trust her at any time when the calm sea shows her false alluring smile.
—Lucretius, c. 60 BC
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The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1908Youth is the time to go flashing from one end of the world to the other both in mind and body, to try the manners of different nations, to hear the chimes at midnight.
—Robert Louis Stevenson, 1881Who sleepeth with dogs shall rise with fleas.
—John Florio, 1578Thanks to the interstate highway system, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything.
—Charles Kuralt, c. 1980A change in the weather is sufficient to create the world and oneself anew.
—Marcel Proust, c. 1920If not us, who? If not now, when?
—Czech slogan, 1989Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1735It is permitted to learn even from an enemy.
—Ovid, c. 8If I played in New York, they’d name a candy bar after me.
—Reggie Jackson, 1976I cannot live without books, but fewer will suffice where amusement, and not use, is the only future object.
—Thomas Jefferson, 1815At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.
—Søren Kierkegaard, 1850In settling an island, the first building erected by a Spaniard will be a church, by a Frenchman a fort, by a Dutchman a warehouse, and by an Englishman an alehouse.
—Francis Grose, 1787