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Every man is worth just so much as the things he busies himself with.

—Marcus Aurelius, c. 175

As bad a dresser as I am, anything beats being judged by my character.

—David Sedaris, 1997

Two things only the people anxiously desire, bread and the circus games.

—Juvenal, c. 121

The mill will never grind with water that is past.

—Daniel McCallum, 1870

Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society.

—Mark Twain, 1873

All those who suffer in the world do so because of their desire for their own happiness.

—Shantideva, c. 750

One may like the love and despise the lover.

—George Farquhar, 1706

No 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, 1706

Sex is more exciting on the screen and between the pages than between the sheets. 

—Andy Warhol, 1975

That which is evil is soon learned. 

—John Ray, 1670

Good 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 BC

A mind lively and at ease can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.

—Jane Austen, 1815

History in its broadest aspect is a record of man’s migrations from one environment to another.

—Ellsworth Huntington, 1919