God is our father, but even more is God our mother.
—Pope John Paul I, 1978
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Far water cannot quench near fire.
—Japanese proverbEvery thought is, strictly speaking, an afterthought.
—Hannah Arendt, 1978Everyone complains about his memory, and no one complains about his judgment.
—La Rochefoucauld, 1666The earth is our existence, and our body is attached to the earth.
—Daulat Qazi, c. 1650The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BCVery shy people don’t even want to take up the space that their body actually takes up.
—Andy Warhol, 1975Never make a defense or apology before you be accused.
—Charles I, 1636All attempts to adapt our ethical code to our situation in the technological age have failed.
—Max Born, 1968There’s hope a great man’s memory may outlive his life half a year.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1600The severity of a teacher is better than the love of a father.
—Saadi, 1258I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations.
—Samuel Johnson, 1773Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.
—W. Somerset Maugham, 1896