Animals feed; man eats. Only the man of intellect and judgment knows how to eat. Brillat, Antheime
Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before. Wharton, Edith
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. Butler, Samuel
Any person under the age of thirty, who, having any knowledge of the existing social order, is not a revolutionist, is an inferio Shaw, George Bernard
Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn’t the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment. Benchley, Robert
Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough. Marx, Groucho
Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not. Havel, Václav
Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation. Pandita, Saskya
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. Washington, George
Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush’d or trodden to the ground, diffuse their balmy sweets around. Goldsmith, Oliver
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. Gide, Andre
Art is either a plagiarist or a revolutionist. Gauguin, Paul