I saw that all… Spinoza
I saw that all things I feared, and which feared me, had nothing good or bad in them save insofar as the mind was affected by them.
Spinoza, Dutch Philosopher
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Freedom is just… Alan Dean Foster “To the Vanishing Point”
Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
Alan Dean Foster “To the Vanishing Point”
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Hard work never… Charlie McCarthy (Edgar Bergen)
Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?
Charlie McCarthy (Edgar Bergen)
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An honest… Simon Cameron
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.
Simon Cameron
US financier & politician (1799 - 1889)
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Trapped, like a… Dorothy Parker
Trapped, like a trap in a trap.
Dorothy Parker
US author, humorist, poet, & wit (1893 - 1967)
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What God hath… George Bernard Shaw
What God hath joined together no man shall put asunder: God will take care of that.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
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All great lovers… Marya Mannes
All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.
Marya Mannes, The Quotable Woman…on Love & Relationships
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There are times… Peter De Vries
There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you.
Peter De Vries
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Live so that your… Arnold H. Glasgow
Live so that your friends can defend you but never have to.
Arnold H. Glasgow
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It is impossible to… Jerome K. Jerome
It is impossible to enjoy idling unless there is plenty of work to do.
Jerome K. Jerome
British humor writer (1859 - 1927)
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Sorry for the… Chris Thyberg
Sorry for the disaster. And thanks for your patience!
Chris Thyberg
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God is the… H. L. Mencken
God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, thehelpless, the miserable. They find not only sanctuary in His arms, but also a kind of superiority, soothing to their macerated egos; He will set them above their betters.
H. L. Mencken
US editor (1880 - 1956)
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The making of a… Karl Kraus
The making of a journalist: no ideas and the ability to express them.
Karl Kraus
Austrian author and journalist (1874 - 1936)
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How terrible it is… Sophocles
How terrible it is to have wisdom when it does not benefit those who have it.
Sophocles, Tiresias. Oedipus the King 315
Greek tragic dramatist (496 BC - 406 BC)
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The only “ism”… Dorothy Parker
The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
Dorothy Parker
US author, humorist, poet, & wit (1893 - 1967)
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We laugh at honor… C. S. Lewis
We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.
C. S. Lewis
English essayist & juvenile novelist (1898 - 1963)
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Man is the only… Samuel Butler
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
Samuel Butler
English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 - 1902)
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Its better to know… James Thurber
Its better to know some of the questions, than all of the answers.
James Thurber
US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)
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I think there are… William S. Buroughs
I think there are innumerable gods. What we here on earth call God is a little tribal God who has made an awful mess. Certainly forces operating trough human conciousness control events.
William S. Buroughs, Paris Review, Fall 1965
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A newspaper… Henry Fielding
A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.
Henry Fielding
English dramatist & novelist (1707 - 1754)
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We are all Greeks…. Percy Bysshe Shelley
We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts, have their root in Greece.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Memory feeds… Amy Tan
Memory feeds imagination.
Amy Tan
US novelist (1952 - )
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The provision of… Abraham Lincoln
The provision of the Constitution giving the war-making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons. Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object. This, our Convention understood to be the most oppressive of all Kingly oppressions; and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us.
Abraham Lincoln
16th president of US (1809 - 1865)
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Animals have these… Voltaire
Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.
Voltaire
French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778)
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Be true to your… Henry David Thoreau
Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.
Henry David Thoreau
US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862)
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Anyone who has got… Cicero
Anyone who has got a book collection and a garden wants for nothing.
Cicero
Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)
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Editor: a person… Elbert Hubbard
Editor: a person employed on a newspaper whose business it is to seperate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.
Elbert Hubbard
US author (1856 - 1915)
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What is a seer? A… Achilles
What is a seer? A man who with luck tells the truth sometimes, with frequent falsehoods, but when his luck deserts him, collapses then and there.
Achilles, Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 955
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A liberal is a man… Heywood Broun
A liberal is a man who leaves the room when the fight begins.
Heywood Broun
US journalist (1888 - 1939)
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God is the… Alfred Jarry
God is the tangential point between zero and infinity.
Alfred Jarry
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Vegetables are… Fran Lebowitz
Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
Fran Lebowitz
US writer and humorist (1950 - )
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Do not be too… Henry David Thoreau
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.
Henry David Thoreau
US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862)
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If language is not… Confucius
If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything.
Confucius
Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC - 479 BC)
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Aviation in itself… Anonymous
Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of carelessness, incapacity, or neglect.
Anonymous
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Of ten parts a man… Tiresias
Of ten parts a man enjoys one only, but a woman enjoys the full ten parts in her heart.
Tiresias, [Apollodorus, Library 3.6.7]
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There are many who… Cyril Connolly
There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say.
Cyril Connolly
(1903 - 1974)
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Clothes make the… Mark Twain
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
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The poets have been… G.K. Chesterton
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
G.K. Chesterton
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Why should we be in… Henry David Thoreau
Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
Henry David Thoreau, “Walden”
US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862)
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In this world of… H. L. Mencken
In this world of sin and sorrow, there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.
H. L. Mencken
US editor (1880 - 1956)
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I can understand… Gore Vidal
I can understand companionship. I can understand bought sex in the afternoon. I cannot understand the love affair.
Gore Vidal
US author & dramatist (1925 - )
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Real, constructive… Laurence J. Peter
Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your hour-by-hour mental conduct produces power for change in your life. Develop a train of thought on which to ride. The nobility of your life as well as your happiness depends upon the direction in which that train of thought is going.
Laurence J. Peter
US educator & writer (1919 - 1988)
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Life does not cease… George Bernard Shaw
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
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Let others praise… Ovid
Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these
Ovid
Roman poet (43 BC - 17 AD)
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How can one… Charles de Gaulle
How can one conceive of a one party system in a country that has over 200 varieties of cheese.
Charles de Gaulle
French general & politician (1890 - 1970)
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I have learned this… Henry David Thoreau
I have learned this at least by my experiment: if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Henry David Thoreau
US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862)
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Oh, the tangled… Sir Walter Scott
Oh, the tangled webs we weave When we practice to deceive.
Sir Walter Scott, “Marmion”
Scottish author & novelist (1771 - 1832)
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I can remember when… George Burns
I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty.
George Burns
US actor & comedian (1896 - 1996)
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Faith, Hope, and… 1 Corinthians 13:13
Faith, Hope, and Love remanined. And the greatest of these is Love.
1 Corinthians 13:13, 1 Corinthians 13:13
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I admire the serene… Mark Twain
I admire the serene assurance of those who have religious faith. It is wonderful to observe the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.
Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
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