The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.
—George Santayana, 1905
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Men willingly believe what they wish.
—Julius Caesar, c. 50 BCThere is nothing worse for mortals than a wandering life.
—Homer, c. 750 BCIt’s good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for a while their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers.
—Maya Angelou, 2011A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.
—Amiri Baraka, 1962A Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy, and will remain a fifteen-year-old boy till they die!
—Philip Roth, 1969No man ever distinguished himself who could not bear to be laughed at.
—Maria Edgeworth, 1809There is a time to battle against nature, and a time to obey her. True wisdom lies in making the right choice.
—Arthur C. Clarke, 1979If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I’m going to go have the stuff tucked or plucked.
—Dolly Parton, 2003It is impossible to live pleasurably without living wisely, well, and justly, and impossible to live wisely, well, and justly without living pleasurably.
—Epicurus, c. 300 BCIt is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.
—Friedrich Schiller, 1781To live outside the law, you must be honest.
—Bob Dylan, 1966I’ve been on more laps than a napkin.
—Mae West