An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
— Pliny The Younger
We live in a world with huge repositories of logic and even greater such of information-but, alas, so little wisdom. — Apostolos Doxiadis
Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Rarely has reality needed so much to be imagined. — Chris Marker
In short, if we adhere to the standard of perfection in all our endeavors, we are left with nothing but mathematics and the White Album. — Daniel M. Gilbert
You have to be like the pebble in the stream, keeping the grain and rolling along without being dissolved or dissolving anything else. — Joseph Joubert
His experience of life in an office had made him determine never to have anything more to do with one ... — W. Somerset Maugham
I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money. — Moliere
Her instinct was to defend, to hoard the treasures of her life, to build about herself the symbols of normal existence. — John Le Carre
Love that has nothing but beauty to keep it in good health is short-lived. — Desiderius Erasmus
