The human mind is an evolutionary product, just like the human body.
—Tetsuro Matsuzawa, 2010
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There is a sickness among tyrants: they cannot trust their friends.
—Aeschylus, c. 458 BCThe sea hath fish for every man.
—William Camden, 1605I do love cricket—it’s so very English.
—Sarah Bernhardt, c. 1908What a torture to talk to filled heads that allow nothing from the outside to enter them.
—Joseph Joubert, 1807To love a woman who scorns you is to lick honey from a thorn.
—Welsh proverbReality is always the foe of famous names.
—Petrarch, 1337The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
—Aristotle, c. 330 BCDoctors don’t know everything really. They understand matter, not spirit. And you and I live in spirit.
—William Saroyan, 1943Understanding is a very dull occupation.
—Gertrude Stein, 1937The worship of opinion is, at this day, the established religion of the United States.
—Harriet Martineau, 1839I am weary of friends, and friendships are all monsters.
—Jonathan Swift, 1710Honest commerce is the great civilizer. We exchange ideas when we exchange fabrics.
—Robert G. Ingersoll, 1882