The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, / And drinks, and gapes for drink again.
—Abraham Cowley, 1656
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Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the inclination of your heart and the desire of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
—Book of Ecclesiastes, c. 200 BCHe who would be happy should stay at home.
—Greek proverbAny sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
—Arthur C. Clarke, 1973Those who know the joys and miseries of celebrities when they have passed the age of forty know how to defend themselves.
—Sarah Bernhardt, 1904The smell of rain is rich with life.
—Estela Portillo Trambley, 1975Memory is the only
afterlife I can understand.
Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BCIdolatry is the mother of all games.
—Novatian, c. 255To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.
—John Buchan, 1940The 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, 1822Water is the readiest means of making friends with nature.
—Ludwig Feuerbach, 1841He who commands the sea has command of everything.
—Francis Bacon, c. 1600