Far water cannot quench near fire.
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How sad a sight is human happiness to those whose thoughts can pierce beyond an hour!
—Edward Young, 1741The boy is, of all wild beasts, the most difficult to manage.
—Plato, c. 348 BCI do not amuse myself by thinking of dead people.
—Napoleon Bonaparte, 1807The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases. We go on a journey chiefly to be free of all impediments and of all inconveniences—to leave ourselves behind, much more to get rid of others.
—William Hazlitt, 1822To think ill of mankind, and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.
—William Hazlitt, 1823The first duty of a good inquisitor is to suspect especially those who seem sincere to him.
—Umberto Eco, 1980The purest joy is to live without disguise, unconstrained by the ties of a grave reputation.
—Al-Hariri, c. 1108Jazz is the result of the energy stored up in America.
—George Gershwin, 1933To put one’s trust in God is only a longer way of saying that one will chance it.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
—Jane Austen, 1814If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
—Mark Twain, 1894Make human nature your study wherever you reside—whatever the religion or the complexion, study their hearts.
—Ignatius Sancho, 1778