For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.
—Book of Ecclesiastes, c. 250 BC
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The newspaper is the natural enemy of the book, as the whore is of the decent woman.
—Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, 1858Until you’ve lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.
—Margaret Mitchell, 1936Rivalry is the whetstone of talent.
—Roman proverbI can’t see (or feel) the conflict between love and religion. To me they’re the same thing.
—Elizabeth Bowen, c. 1970I am ill every time it blows hard, and nothing but my enthusiastic love for the profession keeps me one hour at sea.
—Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1804All the daughters of music shall be brought low.
—Ecclesiastes, c. 400 BCThere is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.
—Anthony Trollope, 1862The fact is certain because it is impossible.
—Tertullian, c. 200Dance tunes are always right.
—Dylan Thomas, 1936A bad reputation is easy to come by, painful to bear, and difficult to clear.
—Hesiod, c. 700 BCDeath from the bubonic plague is rated, with crucifixion, among the nastiest human experiences of all.
—Guy R. Williams, 1975Happiness (as the mathematicians might say) lies on a curve, and we approach it only by asymptote.
—Christopher Morley, 1919