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 | By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you ‘ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. — Socrates, 469-399 BC, Ancient Geek Philosopher 73 likes |
 | Religious wars are basically people killing each other over who has the better imaginary friend. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 65 likes |
 | You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time. — Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, American President 34 likes |
 | We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing. — Konstantin Josef Jireček, 1854-1918, Czech historian & Slavist 28 likes |
 | It's never just a game when you're winning — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 21 likes |
 | Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation? — Thomas Sowell, 1930 -, American political thinker 17 likes |
 | If you fight you might lose; if you don’t, you have already lost. — Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer 17 likes |
 | Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. — Lord Acton, 1834-1902, English historian 14 likes |
 | Sex is emotion in motion. — Mae West, 1893-1980, American actress 13 likes |
 | Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. — Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher 13 likes |
 | Politics: a race of Trojan horses. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1906-1966, Polish author of maxims 13 likes |
 | I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't. — Jules Renard, 1864-1910, French writer 13 likes |
 | You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose. — Lou Holtz, 1937-, American football coach 13 likes |
 | Come grow old with me. The best is yet to be. — Robert Browning, 1812-1889, British poet 12 likes |
 | The evil you do stays with you. The good you do returns to you. — Bouddha, 563-483 BC, Indian founder of Buddhism 12 likes |
 | Time, which strengthens friendship, weakens love. — Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer 12 likes |
 | Love is of all the passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the body. — Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher & writer 9 likes |
 | Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer 9 likes |
 | It's midnight. One half of Paris is making love to the other half. — from the film Ninotchka (1939) 8 likes |
| Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them. — Lou Holtz, 1937-, American football coach 8 likes |
 | The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not. — Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer 8 likes |
 | He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 (on British Labour politician Stafford Cripps) 7 likes |
 | The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. — Martin Luther King, 1929-1968, American leader in the Civil Rights Movement 7 likes |
 | You have to know how to endure injustices until you are in position to commit them yourself. — Alfred Capus, 1858-1922, French writer 7 likes |
 | If a woman sleeps alone, it puts a shame on all men. — from the film Zorba the Greek (1964) 7 likes |
 | Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. — Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013, British Prime Minister 7 likes |
 | Everybody says they want to be free. Take the train off the tracks and it’s free but it can’t go anywhere. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 6 likes |
 | Wickedness is always easier than virtue; for it takes the short cut to everything. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 5 likes |
 | There is no royal road to geometry. Μη είναι βασιλικήν ατραπόν επί γεωμετρίαν. — Eucliid, 4th-3rd cent. BC, Greek mathematician, the “father of geometry” (his answer to the king of Egypt Ptolemy, who asked for a shorter way to learn Geometry) 5 likes |
 | Man goes nowhere. Everything comes to man, like tomorrow. — Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet 5 likes |
 | In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 5 likes |
 | No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. — Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president 5 likes |
 | A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind. — Robert Oxton Bolt, 1924-1955, British playwright 5 likes |
| You are sad because they abandon you and you have not fallen. — Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet 4 likes |
 | The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. — Ayn Rand, 1905-1982, American writer & philosopher 4 likes |
 | It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it. — Julia Child, 1912-2004, American chef, author & TV personality. 4 likes |
 | I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too. — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799, German author of maxims 3 likes |
 | All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. — Spike Milligan, 1918-2002, Irish comedian 3 likes |
 | Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth. — Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter 3 likes |
 | What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 3 likes |
 | Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking. — H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic 3 likes |
 | It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail. — Gore Vidal, 1925-2012, American writer 3 likes |
| Money is like muck, not good except it be spread. — Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher 3 likes |
| You can't have a million dollar dream with a minimum wage work ethic. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 3 likes |
 | I am yours. Don’t give myself back to me. — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 3 likes |
 | War is the continuation of politics by other means. — Carl von Clausewitz, 1780-1831, Prussian military theorist 3 likes |
| Youth has no age. — Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter 2 likes |
| Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly. — Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher 2 likes |
 | If I were Jesus, I would have saved Judah. — Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer 2 likes |
 | The hardest tumble a man can take is to fall over his own bluff. |
