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It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing. (Seneca)
The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. View quote
Mark Twain
The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action. View quote
Confucius
It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong. View quote
Voltaire
The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend. View quote
Aristotle
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. View quote
Publilius Syrus
A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally. View quote
Oscar Wilde
We are all born mad. Some remain so. View quote
Samuel Beckett
As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom. View quote
Pythagoras
The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone. View quote
Henrik Ibsen
The roots of education ... are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. (Aristotle)
Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous. View quote
Thucydides
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it. View quote
Sophocles
He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. View quote
Marcus Aurelius
Some people cause happiness wherever they go. Some people cause happiness whenever they go. View quote
Oscar Wilde
It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere. View quote
Voltaire
Speech is the mirror of the soul as a man speaks, so is he. View quote
Publilius Syrus
Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired. View quote
Plautus
Bear with dignity what you cannot change. View quote
Seneca
If people's hate could be turned into electricity, it would light up the whole world. View quote
Nikola Tesla
In order for three people to keep a secret, two must be dead. (Benjamin Franklin)
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax. View quote
Albert Einstein
In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons. View quote
Herodotus
Everything in excess is opposed to nature. View quote
Hippocrates
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. View quote
Euripides