The seeds of civilization are in every culture, but it is city life that brings them to fruition.
—Susanne K. Langer, 1962
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To teach is to learn twice over.
—Joseph Joubert, c. 1805Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.
—Cormac McCarthy, 1992Some things are privileged from jest—namely, religion, matters of state, great persons, all men’s present business of importance, and any case that deserves pity.
—Francis Bacon, 1597Medication alone is not to be relied on. In one half the cases medicine is not needed, or is worse than useless. Obedience to spiritual and physical laws—hygiene of the body and hygiene of the spirit—is the surest warrant for health and happiness.
—Harriot K. Hunt, 1856Usually speaking, the worst-bred person in company is a young traveler just returned from abroad.
—Jonathan Swift, c. 1730Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave.
—Thomas Browne, 1658Great cities must ever be centers of light and darkness, the home of the best and the worst of our race, holding within themselves the highest talent for good and evil.
—Matthew Hale Smith, 1868Doctors don’t know everything really. They understand matter, not spirit. And you and I live in spirit.
—William Saroyan, 1943Do that which consists in taking no action, and order will prevail.
—Laozi, c. 500 BCYour body is the church where nature asks to be reverenced.
—Marquis de Sade, 1797I think heaven will not be as good as earth, unless it bring with it that sweet power to remember, which is the staple of heaven here.
—Emily Dickinson, 1879The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
—Aristotle, c. 330 BC