Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
Fashion is something which is non-lasting; it's ephemeral.
That is to say, epic poetry has been invented many times and independently; but, as the needs which prompted the invention have been broadly similar, so the invention itself has been.
Victory and defeat are a part of life, which are to be viewed with equanimity.
Essays, entitled critical, are epistles addressed to the public, through which the mind of the recluse relieves itself of its impressions.
That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.
The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
Ether is the token of the Ethereum network, which is focused on disrupting contract law.
My role in kung fu - in the art of kung fu, not the series - is not as a practitioner. My role is that of an evangelist, which is an entirely different thing.
The world resembles a stage on which every man is playing a part.
The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.
We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.
The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.
Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute the laws which the people have made.
There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.
Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.
One of my favourite exhibitions is called 'Do It,' which I co-curated with the artists Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier 21 years ago.
When I was 17, I met many artists, and it started to become this conversation with artists out of which all of my exhibitions grew.
Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
