The universe is an object of thought at least as much as it is a means of satisfying needs.
—Claude Lévi-Strauss, 1962
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There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink.
—Booth Tarkington, 1914The pleasure we hold in esteem for the course of our lives ought to have a greater share of our time dedicated to it; we should refuse no occasion nor omit any opportunity of drinking, and always have it in our minds.
—Michel de Montaigne, 1580Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
—Samuel Johnson, c. 1770One form of loneliness is to have a memory and no one to share it with.
—Phyllis Rose, 1991Be temperate in wine, in eating, girls, and sloth, or the Gout will seize you.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1734People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human; they fall into an animal stupor that gapes at existence, and they think they have seen something.
—Søren Kierkegaard, 1843Why is a ship under sail more poetical than a hog in a high wind? The hog is all nature, the ship is all art.
—Lord Byron, 1821Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
—J. Paul GettyMan has here two and a half minutes—one to smile, one to sigh, and half a one to love; for in the midst of this minute he dies.
—Jean Paul, 1795Curse on all laws but those which love has made.
—Alexander Pope, 1717I sometimes think of what future historians will say of us. A single sentence will suffice for modern man: he fornicated and read the papers.
—Albert Camus, 1957The more religious a country is, the more crimes are committed in it.
—Napoleon Bonaparte, 1817