Each life makes its own imitation of immortality. Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems. Education is not filling a bucket but lighting a fire. Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning. Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
Every person takes the limits for their own field of vision for the limits of the world.
Everybody wants to live forever, but nobody wants to grow old. Jonathan Swift Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire. Everything has been figured out, except how to live. Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer. Charles Caleb Colton Excess on occasion is exhilarating.