At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.
—Rose Macaulay, 1925
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The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
—B.F. Skinner, 1969It’s only the futility of the first flood that prevents God from sending a second.
—Sébastien-Roch Nicolas Chamfort, c. 1794Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
—George Eliot, 1857If you read somebody’s diary, you get what you deserve.
—David Sedaris, 2004You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
—Joseph Conrad, 1900The best way to fill time is to waste it.
—Marguerite Duras, 1987There is a time to battle against nature, and a time to obey her. True wisdom lies in making the right choice.
—Arthur C. Clarke, 1979Sport is the bloom and glow of a perfect health.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1838Oh, democracy! Whither are you leading us?
—Aristophanes, 414 BCMan is a troublesome animal and therefore is not very manageable.
—Plato, c. 349 BCEnvy is the basis of democracy.
—Bertrand Russell, 1930The mind is led on, step by step, to defeat its own logic.
—Dai Vernon, 1994