ia play » quotes http://www.iaplay.com the good life in a digital age Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:13:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 old unknowns http://www.iaplay.com/2008/05/25/old-unknowns/ http://www.iaplay.com/2008/05/25/old-unknowns/#comments Sun, 25 May 2008 15:52:36 +0000 Karen http://www.iaplay.com/2008/05/25/old-unknowns/

There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know. – Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary

I always liked the stubborn bleakness of Ecclesiastes. And I always liked The Devil’s Dictionary. Surprised I never found this quote before.

He’s good on jealousy too:

Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping

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“Politics and economics are concerned with power and wealth, neither of which should be the primary, still less the exclusive, concern of full-grown men” – Arthur C Clarke, Profiles of the Future, 1984

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“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” – Cicero

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