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 | Religious wars are basically people killing each other over who has the better imaginary friend. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 65 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 29 likes |
 | When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive. — George W. Bush, 1946-, American President 19 likes |
 | There are no innocent victims. — Jean-Paul Sartre, 1905-1980, French philosopher 16 likes |
 | If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were. — Khalil Gibran, 1883-1931, Lebanese-American poet & philosopher 16 likes |
 | Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. — Lord Acton, 1834-1902, English historian 14 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 14 likes |
 | Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. — Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher 13 likes |
 | The evil you do stays with you. The good you do returns to you. — Bouddha, 563-483 BC, Indian founder of Buddhism 13 likes |
 | Time, which strengthens friendship, weakens love. — Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer 12 likes |
 | It’s not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what’s required. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 10 likes |
 | Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. — Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor 9 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 attribute to malevolence what is merely due to incompetence. — Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer 8 likes |
 | The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. — Paul Valery, 1871-1945, French poet 8 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 |
| 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 |
 | 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 |
 | You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. — Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president 6 likes |
 | Never make excuses. Your friends don’t need them and your foes won’t believe them. — John Wooden, 1910-2010, American basketball coach 6 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 |
 | In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 6 likes |
 | Men hunt. Women fish. — Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer 6 likes |
| No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. — Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president 5 likes |
 | Wickedness is always easier than virtue; for it takes the short cut to everything. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 5 likes |
 | Man goes nowhere. Everything comes to man, like tomorrow. — Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet 5 likes |
 | If they substituted the word 'Lust' for 'Love' in the popular songs it would come nearer the truth. — Sylvia Plath, 1932-1963, American poet & writer 5 likes |
 | Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof. — Wallace Stevens, 1879-1955, American poet 4 likes |
 | War is the continuation of politics by other means. — Carl von Clausewitz, 1780-1831, Prussian military theorist 4 likes |
 | Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking. — H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic 4 likes |
 | Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth. — Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter 3 likes |
 | I am yours. Don’t give myself back to me. — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 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 |
 | Hearing a phrase that seems very right to you is like seeing your soul in the mirror. — Christine Orban, 1954-, French writer 3 likes |
 | You have to think anyway, so why not think big? — Donald Trump, 1946-, President of the USA 3 likes |
 | Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. — Tagore, 1861-1941, Indian poet, Nobel 1913 3 likes |
 | Honest women are inconsolable for the mistakes they haven't made. — Sacha Guitry, 1885-1957, French writer 3 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 |
 | Every man has a House of Lords in his own head. Fears, prejudices, misconceptions - those are the peers and they are hereditary. — David Lloyd George, 1863-1945, British Prime Minister [1916-1922] 2 likes |
| If I were Jesus, I would have saved Judah. — Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer 2 likes |
 | People learn something every day, and a lot of times it's that what they learned the day before was wrong. |
