"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." The Analects of Confucius
The lack of money is the root of all evil. Mark Twain's Notebook
Theirs, too, is the word-coining genius, as if thought plunged into a sea of words and came up dripping. The Common Reader
Not merely in the realm of commerce but in the world of ideas as well our age is organizing a regular clearance sale. Everything is to be had at such a bargain that it is questionable whether in the end there is anybody who will want to bid. Every speculative price-fixer who conscientiously directs attention to the significant march of modern philosophy, every Privatdocent, tutor, and student, every crofter and cottar goes further. Perhaps it would be untimely and ill-timed to ask them where they are going. Fear and Trembling
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