Random Sample of Quotes |
 | Vanity is the dominant passion of man. |
 | When A annoys or injures B on the pretense of saving or improving X, A is a scoundrel. — H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic |
 | Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last. |
 | Six Characters in Search of an Author. |
 | Pleasure is found first in anticipation, later in memory. — Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1880, French writer 7 likes |
 | The pioneers and missionaries of religion have been the real cause of more trouble and war than all other classes of mankind. |
 | Hounds follow those who feed them. — Otto von Bismarck, 1815-1898, German chancellor 5 likes |
 | It is better to travel well than to arrive. |
 | I think of mythology as the homeland of the muses, the inspirers of art, the inspirers of poetry. To see life as a poem and yourself participating in a poem is what the myth does for you. |
| A fine thought in fine language is a most precious jewel, and should not be hid away, but be exposed for use and ornament. |
 | Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think. — Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Prime Minister 7 likes |
 | The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 27 likes |
 | The real evil of old age is not the weakness of the body, it is the indifference of the soul. — André Maurois, 1885-1967, French writer 1 likes |
 | In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance. — Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer 1 likes |
 | When Reason died, then Wisdom was born. — Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher |
 | If you love something, let it go. If it is yours, it will come back. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer 8 likes |
 | As a woman, you have to choose between your fanny or your face. I chose my face. — Zsa Zsa Gabor, 1917-2016, Hungarian-American actress 2 likes |
 | Don’t hold on to someone who’s leaving, otherwise you won’t meet the one who’s coming. — Karl Jung, 1875-1961, Swiss psychiatrist 3 likes |
 | Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else. |
 | You look like a talent scout for a cemetery. — Henry Youngman, 1906-1998, American comedian 4 likes |
 | One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers. — Agatha Christie, 1890-1976, British writer 1 likes |
 | Do you know why swallows build in the eaves of houses? It is to listen to the stories. |
 | I have no love for the Jews, but they have great influence everywhere. It is better to leave them alone. Hitler’s antisemitism has already brought him more enemies than is necessary. |
 | Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. — Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer 2 likes |
 | I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity. |
 | If a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she is blind, she is not invisible. — Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher 6 likes |
 | What you can't get out of, get into whole-heartedly. — Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor 3 likes |
 | Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again. |
 | Your soul is a dark forest. But the trees are of a particular species, they are genealogical trees. — Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer 2 likes |
 | Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes. Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus. — Terentius, c. 185-159 BC, Roman comic playwright (meaning: without bread and wine, love freezes) 18 likes |
 | Ignorance is bold, knowledge is reserved. Αμαθία μεν θράσος, λογισμός δε όκνον φέρει. — Thucydides, 460-394 BC, Ancient Greek historian 13 likes |
 | Oh words, what crimes are committed in your name! — Eugene Ionesco, 1912-1994, French-Romanian playwright 4 likes |
 | All that is worth remembering in life, is the poetry of it. |
 | We have usurped many of the powers we once ascribed to God. |
 | Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken. |
 | Envy is the central fact of American life. — Gore Vidal, 1925-2012, American writer 3 likes |
 | All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections. |
 | Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in the ancient Greek republics: freedom for the slave-owners. — Vladimir Lenin, 1870-1924, Soviet revolutionary & leader 6 likes |
 | I am what is around me. — Wallace Stevens, 1879-1955, American poet 6 likes |
