Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. - Edgar Allan Poe, 'Eleanora,' 1842
I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble. - Agatha Christie, An Autobiography, 1977
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. - A. A. Milne
The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. - Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl, 1952
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. - Elbert Hubbard
Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. - Albert Einstein
Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed. - Emily Dickinson
Great men's errors are to be venerated as more fruitful than little men's truths. - Friedrich Nietzsche
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