A college degree is a social certificate, not a proof of competence.
—Elbert Hubbard, 1911
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Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.
—W.H. Auden, c. 1940We are as near to heaven by sea as by land!
—Humphrey Gilbert, 1583Every thought is, strictly speaking, an afterthought.
—Hannah Arendt, 1978The true mission of American sports is to prepare young men for war.
—Dwight D. Eisenhower, c. 1952There are people whom one loves immediately and forever. Even to know they are alive in the world with one is quite enough.
—Nancy Spain, 1956One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.
—Oscar Wilde, 1894Pictures made in childhood are painted in bright hues.
—Kate Douglas Wiggin, 1886Think where man’s glory most begins and ends, / And say my glory was I had such friends.
—W.B. Yeats, 1937No time to marry, no time to settle down, I’m a young woman, and ain’t done runnin’ round.
—Bessie Smith, 1926The pleasure we hold in esteem for the course of our lives ought to have a greater share of our time dedicated to it; we should refuse no occasion nor omit any opportunity of drinking, and always have it in our minds.
—Michel de Montaigne, 1580For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?
—Jane Austen, 1813Friendship is a plant that loves the sun—thrives ill under clouds.
—Bronson Alcott, 1872