One great reason why many children abandon themselves wholly to silly sports and trifle away all their time insipidly is because they have found their curiosity baulked and their inquiries neglected.
—John Locke, 1693
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Keep no company with those whose position is high but whose morals are low.
—Ge Hong, c. 320I mean, why on earth (outside sickness and hangovers) aren’t people continually drunk? I want ecstasy of the mind all the time.
—Jack Kerouac, 1957Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
—Calvin Coolidge, 1932Good men must not obey the laws too well.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844Cooking is the most massive rush. It’s like having the most amazing hard-on, with Viagra sprinkled on top of it, and it’s still there twelve hours later.
—Gordon Ramsey, 2003There are places one comes home to that one has never been to.
—Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, 1989Insurgents are like conquerors: they must go forward; the moment they are stopped, they are lost.
—Duke of Wellington, c. 1819The beginning of health lies in knowing the disease.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1615A hick town is one where there is no place to go where you shouldn’t go.
—Alexander Woollcott, c. 1935O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.
—Horace, c. 8 BCThere is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.
—Arthur Conan Doyle, 1891It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me.
—Martin Luther King Jr., 1962