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Aphorisms along the Aqueduct

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When the citizens of Spello rebuilt the aqueduct that provided water to Spello since ancient times, they included stones carved with sayings of well known people. Here are some of the stones. Can you help us translate them? He who is unable to feel amazement and wonder is already dead and his eyes are incapable of seeing. Einstein I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.  Groucho Marx Culture may even be described simply as that which makes life worth living.  T.S. Eliot In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends! Martin Luther King Man is a creature that can get accustomed to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him Dostoevsky  I was sad because my foot hurt. Then I met a man with no legs.  Anonymous Sad is that little boy who does not advance his master. Leonardo da Vinci I Think about how you live (?) Demothenes The next world wa...