There is nothing worse for mortals than a wandering life.
—Homer, c. 750 BC
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Time, when it is left to itself and no definite demands are made on it, cannot be trusted to move at any recognized pace. Usually it loiters, but just when one has come to count upon its slowness, it may suddenly break into a wild irrational gallop.
—Edith Wharton, 1905Best is water.
—Pindar, 476 BCEvery man is worth just so much as the things he busies himself with.
—Marcus Aurelius, c. 175Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded.
—The Dhammapada, c. 400 BCIt is better to live unknown to the law.
—Irish proverbCarnal embrace is the practice of throwing one’s arms around a side of beef.
—Tom Stoppard, 1993The atavistic urge toward danger persists and its satisfaction is called adventure.
—John Steinbeck, 1941Modesty is a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1615Friendship itself will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.
—Robert Wilson Lynd, 1924More and more I like to take a train. I understand why the French prefer it to automobiling—it is so much more sociable, and of course these days so much more of an adventure, and the irregularity of its regularity is fascinating.
—Gertrude Stein, 1943Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
—Zora Neale Hurston, 1942The day unravels what the night has woven.
—Walter Benjamin, 1929