What a strange… Leo Tolstoy
What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
Leo Tolstoy
Russian mystic & novelist (1828 - 1910)
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Those who welcome… Wilson Mizner
Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up.
Wilson Mizner
US screenwriter (1876 - 1933)
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The fascination of… P. G. Wodehouse
The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.
P. G. Wodehouse
British humorist & novelist in US (1881 - 1975)
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Even holligans… Quentin Crisp
Even holligans marry, though they know that marriage is but for a little while. It is alimony that is forever.
Quentin Crisp
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It has been my… Abraham Lincoln
It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
Abraham Lincoln
16th president of US (1809 - 1865)
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A ship in harbor is… John A. Shedd
A ship in harbor is safe— but that is not what ships are for.
John A. Shedd
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If you talk to God,… Thomas Szasz
If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.
Thomas Szasz
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Obscenity is what… Bertrand Russell
Obscenity is what happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate.
Bertrand Russell
British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)
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Ultimately, the… Elie Wiesel
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
Elie Wiesel
US (Romanian-born) activist, novelist (1928 - )
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Facts are facts and… Jawaharlal Nehru
Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Indian politician (1889 - 1964)
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A gourmet who… James Beard
A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch.
James Beard
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The Pilgrim Fathers… (Anon.)
The Pilgrim Fathers landed on the shores of America and fell upon their knees. Then they fell upon the aborigines.
(Anon.)
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Opera in English… H. L. Mencken
Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
H. L. Mencken
US editor (1880 - 1956)
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LOVE: A word… Henry Fielding
LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.
Henry Fielding
English dramatist & novelist (1707 - 1754)
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Gratitude is merely… La Rochefoucauld
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
La Rochefoucauld
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Do it big or stay… Opera producer Larry Kelly
Do it big or stay in bed.
Opera producer Larry Kelly
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We often forgive… Francois De La Rochefoucauld
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
French author & moralist (1613 - 1680)
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On Thanksgiving Day… Unknown
On Thanksgiving Day all over America, families sit down to dinner at the same moment - halftime.
Unknown
Quotations by unknown authors
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The future is much… Don Quisenberry
The future is much like the present, only longer.
Don Quisenberry
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A person is never… Anatole France
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
Anatole France
French novelist (1844 - 1924)
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When it is a… Voltaire
When it is a question of money, everyone is of the same religion.
Voltaire
French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778)
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Most of our future… Denny Crum
Most of our future lies ahead.
Denny Crum, Louisville basketball coach
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It is time I… Professor Scott Elledge on his retirement from Cornell
It is time I stepped aside for a less experienced and less able man.
Professor Scott Elledge on his retirement from Cornell
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A bachelor is a… Don Quinn
A bachelor is a selfish, undeserving guy who has cheated some woman out of a divorce.
Don Quinn
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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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The trouble with… Paul Valery
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
Paul Valery
French critic & poet (1871 - 1945)
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A little inaccuracy… H.H. Munro (Saki)
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.
H.H. Munro (Saki)
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Let a short Act of… George Bernard Shaw
Let a short Act of Parliament be passed, placing all street musicians outside the protection of the law, so that any citizen may assail them with stones, sticks, knives, pistols, or bombs without incurring any penalties.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
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It is even harder… H. L. Mencken
It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
H. L. Mencken
US editor (1880 - 1956)
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I refuse to consign… Brigid Brophy
I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals.
Brigid Brophy
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Manners are… Evelyn Waugh
Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.
Evelyn Waugh
English novelist & satirist (1903 - 1966)
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A great many people… William James
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
William James
US Pragmatist philosopher & psychologist (1842 - 1910)
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In times of joy,… W.H. Auden
In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.
W.H. Auden
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We would have… Mort Sahl
We would have broken up except for the children. Who were the children? Well, she and I were.
Mort Sahl
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Children are never… Edgar Allan Poe
Children are never too tender to be whipped. Like tough beefsteaks, the more you beat them, the more tender they become.
Edgar Allan Poe
US short story author, editor, & poet (1809 - 1849)
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Discovery consists… Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.
Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi, in Irving Good, The Scientist Speculates (1962)
US biochemist (1893 - 1986)
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We need to make a… Dr. Suzanne Botts
We need to make a decision, no matter what it is.
Dr. Suzanne Botts
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People who have no… Anatole France
People who have no faults are terrible; there is no way to take advantage of them
Anatole France
French novelist (1844 - 1924)
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“9W”Answer to the… Steve Allen
“9W”Answer to the question: Do you spell your name with a V, Mr. Vagner?
Steve Allen, from the Question Man segment on the Steve Allen Show
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He who despairs… Albert Camus
He who despairs over an event is a coward, but he who holds hope for the human condition is a fool.
Albert Camus
French existentialist author & philosopher (1913 - 1960)
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Whenever you find… Mark Twain
Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
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In the long run we… John Maynard Keynes
In the long run we are all dead.
John Maynard Keynes
English economist (1883 - 1946)
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Wagner drives the… P.A. Fiorentino
Wagner drives the nail into your head with swinging hammer blows.
P.A. Fiorentino
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(Of Jesus): “A… Shelley (Queen Mab)
(Of Jesus): “A parish demogogue.”
Shelley (Queen Mab)
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There are tones of… Robert Frost
There are tones of voices that mean more than words.
Robert Frost
US poet (1874 - 1963)
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The ornament of a… Ralph Waldo Emerson
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882)
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The prelude to… Eduard Hanslick
The prelude to Tristan and Isolde reminds me of the Italian painting of the martyr whose intestines are slowly being unwound from his body on a reel.
Eduard Hanslick
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A man with his… Henery Miller
A man with his belly full of the classics is an enemy of the human race.
Henery Miller, Tropic of Cancer 1934
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He who fights too… Friedrich Nietzsche
He who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself; and if you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss will gaze into you.
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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We are here and it… H. L. Mencken
We are here and it is now. Further than that all human knowledge is moonshine.
H. L. Mencken
US editor (1880 - 1956)
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