Vapor Quotes
John Muir, Edwin Way Teale, Henry Bugbee Kane (2001). “The Wilderness World of John Muir”, p.312, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.
Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.116, Courier Corporation
Neal Stephenson (2003). “Snow Crash”, p.60, Spectra
Jeannette Walls (2010). “Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel”, p.18, Simon and Schuster
Sir Isaac Newton (2012). “Newton's Philosophy of Nature: Selections from His Writings”, p.137, Courier Corporation
The curse of marriage That we can call these delicate creatures ours And not their appetites!
'Othello' (1602-4) act 3, sc. 3, l. 260
The theory of interest was wrapped in utter obscurity, until Hume and Smith dispelled the vapor.
Jean Baptiste Say (1821). “A treatise on political economy; or, The production, distribution, and consumption of wealth. Tr. by C.R. Prinsep, with notes”, p.152
Jack Kerouac (1986). “The Dharma Bums”, p.244, Penguin
'Othello' (1602-4) act 3, sc. 3, l. 260
Newspapers . . . serve as chimnies to carry off noxious vapors and smoke.
Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies from the papers of T. Jefferson”, p.491
Wasting a fortune is evaporation by a thousand imperceptible means.
Samuel Johnson (1798). “Dr. Johnson's Table Talk: Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life, and Manners; with Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons, Selected and Arranged from Dr. Boswell's Life of Johnson”, p.119
Mary MacLane (2014). “I Await the Devil's Coming: Annotated & Unexpurgated”, p.59, Petrarca Press
J.G. HOLLAND (1872). “THE MARBLE PROPHECY AND OTHER POEMS.”, p.44