A book is the only immortality. — Rufus Choate (1799-1859, lawyer, orator, senator)
Preparation for War
Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will. — James Monroe (1758-1831, 5th U.S. President)
The Sake of Getting a Living
Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live. — Margaret Fuller (1810-1850, editor, critic, translator, women’s rights advocate)
Together We Ascend
Thee lift me, and I lift thee, and together we ascend. — John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892, poet)
You Can Damn Anything
Be careful — with quotations, you can damn anything. — Andre Malraux (1901-1976, French novelist, art historian)
Have You Been to Pradise?
Paradise is only for those who have already been there. — Cynthia Ozick (1928-, short story writer, novelist, essayist)
Internal Consistency.
I must achieve internal consistency. — Edmund Husserl (1859-1938, German philosopher, known as the father of phenomenoiogy)
Succeeding the 20th
Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. — Julie Andrews (1935-, actress, singer, author, producer)
The Highest Degree of Perfection
Friendship is the highest degree of perfection in society. — Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592, French author, philosopher, statesman)
Stars Planted together in Clusters
The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters. — Galileo Galilei (1564-1642, Italian polimath, astronomer, physicist)
Eudaimonia 