If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure.
—Anonymous[……]
About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.*
—Josh Billings
*天下文章一大抄[……]
To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.
—Robertson Davies[……]
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
—Jerome K. Jerome[……]
Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant[……]
A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to beli[……]
The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best—and therefore never scrutinize or question.
—Stephen Jay Gould[……]
We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld[……]