God seems to have left the receiver off the hook, and time is running out.
—Arthur Koestler, 1967
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The sea hath fish for every man.
—William Camden, 1605One who is frivolous all day will never establish a household.
—Ptahhotep, c. 2400 BCGod walks among the pots and pans.
—Saint Teresa of Ávila, c. 1582A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world as a public indecency.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1615Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one’s bath like a lump of sugar.
—Pablo Picasso, 1929There’s hope a great man’s memory may outlive his life half a year.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1600It 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 BCA wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.
—Stendhal, 1822A dead enemy always smells good.
—Aulus Vitellius, 69I’d like to be a machine, wouldn’t you?
—Andy Warhol, 1963When law can do no right,
Let it be lawful that law bar no wrong.
The body says what words cannot.
—Martha Graham, 1985