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I) Sources & Topics with most visits

Most popular topics Most popular sources
α/αTopichits
1  Mistakes 202,819
2  Truth & Lies 71,422
3  Stupidity 60,018
4  Win & Lose 55,780
5  Seduction 55,071
6  Suicide 46,304
7  Victory & Defeat 39,681
8  Communism 36,549
9  Good & Evil 36,120
10  Death 33,212
11  War & Peace 32,146
12  Nudity 31,263
13  Sex 30,307
14  Hypocrisy 27,553
15  Shadow 25,280
16  Prostitution 24,740
17  Eroticism 23,786
18  Ego 22,315
19  Arguing 21,979
20  Strength & Weakness 21,318
21  Friendship 21,154
22  Democracy 20,632
23  Corruption 20,508
24  Solitude 20,370
25  Right & Wrong 20,261
26  Optimism 20,182
27  Cunning 19,980
28  Drinking 19,478
29  God 19,194
30  Destiny 18,566
31  Sports & Games 17,391
32  Self-reliance 16,997
33  Boldness 16,673
34  Revolution 16,535
35  Memory 16,376
36  Enemies 16,067
37  Vanity 16,063
38  Betrayal 15,636
39  Hell 15,569
40  Woman 15,541
α/αSourceshits
1  Plato 179,729
2  Napoleon 61,842
3  Lenin 45,376
4  Oscar Wilde 32,444
5  Voltaire 32,396
6  Talleyrand 30,994
7  George Carlin 29,243
8  Democritus 26,928
9  Churchill 25,528
10  Mark Twain 24,977
11  Marcus Aurelius 24,668
12  Benjamin Franklin 24,104
13  Hitler 24,055
14  Epicurus 22,928
15  Fyodor Dostoyevsky 22,288
16  G. Bernard Shaw 20,704
17  Diogenes 19,291
18  Seneca 18,743
19  Lao-Tzu 17,837
20  Isaac Asimov 17,822
21  Nietzsche 17,233
22  Schopenhauer 16,019
23  Will Durant 15,666
24  Shakespeare 15,373
25  Euripides 15,128
26  Latin phrases 15,036
27  Otto von Bismarck 15,026
28  H.L. Mencken 14,737
29  Cicero 14,598
30  Socrates 13,796
31  Blaise Pascal 13,343
32  Harry Truman 13,295
33  Thomas Sowell 13,274
34  Wolfgang Goethe 12,759
35  Einstein 12,276
36  Julius Caesar 11,854
37  Ghandi 11,835
38  Aristotle 11,702
39  Virgil 11,409
40  Karl Marx 11,123



II) Quotations with most votes

  
Latin phraseWhile I breathe, I hope.

Dum spiro spero.

—  Latin phrase

238 likes
Isaac AsimovWhen stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.

—  Isaac Asimov, 1920-1992, American Sci-Fi writer

218 likes
HannibalI shall either find a way or make one.

Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.

—  Hannibal, 247-183 BC, Carthaginian military commander

     (crossing the Alps with his army around 212 BC)

196 likes
Latin phraseIf you want peace, prepare for war.

Si vis pacem, para bellum.

—  Latin phrase

191 likes
special sourceRemember to live.

Vivere memento.

—  Sundial motto

184 likes
Virgil If I cannot sway the heavens, I will raise hell.

Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

183 likes
VirgilFate will find a way.

Fata viam invenient.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

175 likes
CaligulaLet them hate, as long as they fear.

Oderint, dum metuant.

—  Caligula, 12-41 AD, Roman Emperor

     (originally a verse by the poet Accius)

173 likes
OvidBe patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Perfer et obdura, dolor hic tibi proderit olim.

—  Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet

164 likes
Latin proverbWhat harms, often teaches.

Quod nocet, saepe docet.

—  Latin proverb

157 likes
Latin phraseRemember death.

Memento mori.

—  Latin phrase

154 likes
special sourceFaster, Higher, Stronger

Citius, Altius, Fortius.

—  Motto of the Olympic Games

     (initially, a motto of Pierre de Coubertin’s school)

151 likes
VirgilFortune favors the bold.

Audentes fortuna iuvat.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

147 likes
Aleister CrowleyBy the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.

—  Aleister Crowley, 1875-1945, British magician & occultist,

     (or V.V.V.V.V.; mentioned also in the graphic novel “V for Vendetta”)

139 likes
HoraceWe are but dust and shadow.

Pulvis et umbra sumus.

—  Horace, 65-8 BC, Roman poet

138 likes
VoltaireReligion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.

—  Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher & writer

137 likes
special sourceNothing but the best is good enough.

Nil satis nisi optimum.

—  motto of the Air Training Corps and of various schools

132 likes
SenecaLet us live, since we must die.

Vivamus, moriendum est.

—  Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher

125 likes
Mark TwainNever argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

—  Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer

123 likes
SenecaIf you wish to be loved, love.

Si vis amari, ama.

—  Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher

114 likes
Julius CaesarI came, I saw, I won.

Veni, vidi, vici.

—  Julius Caesar, 100-44 BC, Roman general & Consul

     (message to the Senate after his victory over Pharnaces of Pontus in 47 BC)

111 likes
VirgilWe gather strength as we go.

Vires acquirit eundo.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

111 likes
SocratesThere is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.

Εν μόνον αγαθόν είναι, την επιστήμην, και εν μόνον κακόν, την αμαθίαν.

—  Socrates, 469-399 BC, Ancient Geek Philosopher

110 likes
Latin phraseIf the winds fail you, use the oars.

Destitutus ventis, remos adhibe.

—  Latin phrase

109 likes
Latin phraseLook behind, look here, look ahead.

Espice, adspice, prospice.

—  Latin phrase

106 likes
VirgilHard work conquers all.

Labor omnia vincit.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

104 likes
Latin phraseEverything happens for a reason.

Omnia causa fiunt.

—  Latin phrase

104 likes
Latin proverbWhere there is unity, there is victory.

Ubi concordia, ibi victoria.

—  Latin proverb

104 likes
VirgilThey can because they think they can.

Possunt, quia posse videntur.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

102 likes
TerentiusThere are as many opinions as there are people: each has his own view.

Quot homines tot sententiae: suus cuique mos.

—  Terentius, c. 185-159 BC, Roman comic playwright

98 likes
special sourceUse the hours, don’t count them.

Utere, non numera.

—  Medieval Sundial Motto

95 likes
Latin phraseActions not words.

Res, non verba.

—  Latin phrase

93 likes
JuvenalDedicate your life to truth.

Vitam impendere vero.

—  Juvenal, 1st-2nd cent. AD, Roman satiric poet

92 likes
EuripidesAs mortals we should behave as mortals.

Όντας δε θνητούς θνητά και φρονείν χρεών.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Alcestis

91 likes
TacitusEverything unknown seems magnificent.

Omne ignotum pro magnifico.

—  Tacitus, 55-120 AD, Roman historian

90 likes
special sourcePray and Work.

Ora et Labora.

—  Motto of the Benedictine Order

89 likes
HippocratesArt is long, life is short.

Ars longa, vita brevis.

—  Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine”

88 likes
Latin phraseHe conquers who conquers himself.

Vincit qui se vincit.

—  Latin phrase

88 likes
HippocratesFirst, do no harm.

Primum, non nocere.

—  Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine”

     (the origin is uncertain; Hippocrates’ works do not include this precise phrase)

87 likes
MartialLife is not about living, but to live a good life.

Vita non est vivere, sed valera vita est.

—  Martial, 43-104 AD, Roman poet of epigrams

86 likes


IIΙ) Less Popular

non-popular topics non-popular sources
 Topichits
   Holes 1,561
   Italians 1,629
   Advertisement 1,633
   Housework 1,645
   Understanding people 1,722
   Systems 1,725
   Protection 1,741
   Cars 1,764
   Colors 1,794
   First phrases 1,797
   Cooking 1,839
   Hypotheses 1,874
   Acknowledgment 1,886
   Meetings 1,886
   Turmoil 1,900
   Cities 1,903
   New 1,916
   Conclusion 1,934
   Holidays 1,935
   Ideas 1,947
   Victims 1,950
   Theory 1,951
   Obvious 1,958
   Drugs 1,960
   Consolation 1,963
   Feminism 1,969
   Property 1,982
   Selling 1,992
   Painting 2,005
   Respect 2,008
   Quality 2,015
   Pigs 2,034
   Overcoming 2,048
   Computers 2,070
   Complaints 2,070
   Family 2,080
   Advice 2,081
   Television 2,083
   Architecture 2,091
   Ideals 2,096
   British 2,100
   Order 2,121
   Help 2,138
   Events 2,161
   Difference 2,163
   Options 2,164
   Rights 2,165
   Searching 2,171
   Organizing 2,175
   Waste 2,176
 Sourceshits
   Alphonse Allais 276
    297
   George Courteline 353
   Leo Tolstoy 367
   Charlotte Brontë 373
   John Lyly 376
   Kurt Cobain 388
   Ingmar Bergman 426
   Gustave Le Bon 427
   Tagore 631
   Le Corbusier 649
   Martin Luther 655
   Maya Angelou 658
   Herbert Spencer 661
   Alfred Hitchcock 662
   Mao 668
   Guy de Maupassant 668
   Molière 685
   Sinclair Lewis 686
   Cervantes 705
   Omar Khayyam 710
   William Congreve 711
   Pythagoras 717
   Altan 735
   Gloria Steinem 736
   André Prévot 744
   Yeats 745
   Josh Billings 748
   Francis De Croiset 755
   Claude Lelouch 765
   Xenophon 773
   George S. Patton 776
   Richard Bach 777
   Andreas Kalvos 787
   Phocylides 789
   Frida Kahlo 798
   Yevgeni Zamyatin 803
   Unamuno 838
   Thomas Mann 850
   Themistocles 850
   Lycurgus 877
   Anagnostakis 879
   Richelieu 889
   Anais Nin 894
   Moussolini 903
   Anacharsis 908
   Marguerite Yourcenar 918
   François Rabelais 920
   André Maurois 930
   Theognis 941





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