“It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence.”

― Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations

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“There is no excellent beauty, that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.”

― Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

“The universe is merely a fleeting idea in God’s mind—a pretty uncomfortable thought, particularly if you’ve just made a down payment on a house.”

― Woody Allen, Getting Even

“They give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking, or the intentional noting of connections; learning naturally results.”

― John Dewey, Democracy and Education

“Accustom thyself as much as possible on the occasion of anything being done by any person to inquire with thyself, for what object is this man doing this? But begin with thyself, and examine thyself first.”

― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“She tried to argue, and tell him that he had mixed in his dull brain two matters, theology and morals, which in the primitive days of mankind had been quite distinct.”

― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

“It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible....”

― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Under love's heavy burden do I sink.”

― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

“Sometimes she went so far as to wish that she might find herself some day in a difficult position, so that she should have the pleasure of being as heroic as the occasion demanded.”

― Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

“I begin to think there are better things than being comfortable.”

― George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind

“When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives.”

― George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

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