I count myself in nothing else so happy / As in a soul remembering my good friends.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1595
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It is a certain sign of a wise government and proceeding, when it can hold men’s hearts by hopes, when it cannot by satisfaction.
—Francis Bacon, 1625Let the young know they will never find a more interesting, more instructive book than the patient himself.
—Giorgio Baglivi, c. 1696Business is other people’s money.
—Delphine de Girardin, 1852Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.
—D.H. Lawrence, 1911In psychoanalysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.
—Theodor Adorno, 1951I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations.
—Samuel Johnson, 1773Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, now that, and changes names as it changes in direction.
—Dante Alighieri, c. 1315In tampering with the earth, we tamper with a mystery.
—Jonathan Schell, 2000Few sons are equal to their fathers; most fall short, all too few surpass them.
—Homer, c. 750 BCI looked and there was a pale green horse! Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed with him.
—Book of Revelations, c. 90What can you conceive more silly and extravagant than to suppose a man racking his brains and studying night and day how to fly?
—William Law, 1728People who’ve drunk neat wine don’t care a damn.
—Hipponax, c. 550 BC