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Quotations
 | Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 7 likes |
 | Since the only things we remember are humiliations and defeats, what is the use of all the rest? — Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher 4 likes |
 | It's kind of fun to do the impossible. — Walt Disney, 1901-1966, American businessman & cartoonist 4 likes |
 | The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy. — Albert Camus, 1913-1960, French writer, Nobel 1957 3 likes |
 | Suppose you succeed in breaking the wall with your head. And what, then, will you do in the next cell? — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1906-1966, Polish author of maxims 3 likes |
 | There is nothing quite so useless, as doing with great efficiency, something that should not be done at all. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 3 likes |
 | A door opens to me. I go in and am faced with a hundred closed doors. — Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet 2 likes |
 | Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace. — Eugene O’Neill, 1888-1953, American playwright, Nobel 1936 2 likes |
 | You wanted to destroy philosophy and poetry in order to make room for religion and morality. — Friedrich von Schlegel, 1772-1829, German writer 2 likes |
 | It’s but little good you’ll do a-watering the last year’s crop. |
 | If voting could actually change anything, it would be illegal. — Noam Chomsky, 1928-, American linguist, philosopher, social activist |
 | It is not appropriate for a gentleman to support anything but a lost cause. |
 | Talking to fools is like lighting a torch for the blind. |
 | In efforts to soar above our nature, we invariably fall below it. |
 | Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physician, yet is dead. |
Quotes in Verse
 | Our efforts are those of men prone to disaster; our efforts are like those of the Trojans. — Constantine Kavafy, 1868-1933, Greek poet ‐ Trojans 3 likes |
 | So much pain so much life they went to the abyss for an empty shirt, for a Helen. |
 | Many verses are like doors, locked doors in deserted houses. |
Funny Quotes
 | The worst waste of breath, next to playing a saxophone, is advising a son |
Ancient Greek
 | Nature does nothing without purpose or in vain. Η φύσις μηδέν μήτε ατελές ποιεί μήτε μάτην. — Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 14 likes |
 | You may break your heart, but men will still go on as before. Ότι ουδέν ήττον τα αυτά ποιήσουσι, καν συ διαρραγής. — Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD, Roman Emperor ‐ Meditations VIII, 4 9 likes |
