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NapoleonNever ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

—  Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor

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Benjamin DisraeliMan is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men.

—  Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Prime Minister

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Isaac AsimovThe Law of conservation of energy tells us we can't get something for nothing, but we refuse to believe it.

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

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SenecaOur lack of confidence is not the result of difficulty. The difficulty comes from our lack of confidence.

—  Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher

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AristotleKnowledge of the fact differs from knowledge of the reason for the fact.

—  Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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Mignon McLaughlinIf you made a list of the reasons why any couple got married, and another list of the reasons for their divorce, you'd have a hell of a lot of overlapping.

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

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John KennedyThings do not happen. Things are made to happen.

—  John Kennedy, 1917-1963, American President [1961-1963]

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Carl SaganExtraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

—  Carl Sagan, 1934-1996, American astronomer

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Aldοus HuxleyThe end cannot justify the means for the simple and obvious reason that the means employed determine the nature of the ends produced.

—  Aldοus Huxley, 1894-1963, English writer

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John Kenneth GalbraithEconomic life, as always, is a matrix in which result becomes cause and cause becomes result.

—  John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006, American-Canadian economist

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Dr. Thomas FullerHe teaches me to be good that does me good.

—  Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734,  English physician and adage collector

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VoltaireCoincidence is the known result of unknown causes.

—  Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher & writer

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Karl KrausSo-called psychoanalysis is the occupation of lustful rationalists who trace everything in the world to sexual causes - with the exception of their occupation.

—  Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer

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Michel de MontaigneIf you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than it was because he was he, and I was I.

—  Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592, French thinker

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Ralph Waldo EmersonShallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances...Strong men believe in cause and effect.

—  Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher

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Sigmund FreudWe are what we are because we have been what we have been.

—  Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939, Austrian psychologist, founder of psychoanalysis

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Anton ChekhovIf there's a gun on the wall in act one, scene one, you must fire the gun by act three, scene two. If you fire a gun in act three, scene two, you must see the gun on the wall in act one, scene one.

—  Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer

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NapoleonThe man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences.

—  Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor

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Thomas HobbesThe source of every Crime, is some defect of the Understanding; or some error in Reasoning; or some sudden force of the Passions.

—  Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679, English philosopher

Thomas CarlyleIt is a mathematical fact that the casting of this pebble from my hand alters the center of gravity of the universe.

—  Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, English writer

Thomas HobbesWhere men build on false grounds, the more they build, the greater is the ruin.

—  Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679, English philosopher

Thomas SowellAll too often when liberals cite statistics, they forget the statisticians’ warning that correlation is not causation.

—  Thomas Sowell, 1930 -, American political thinker

George EliotMen outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness.

—  George Eliot, 1819-1880, English writer

BouddhaIt is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

—  Bouddha, 563-483 BC, Indian founder of Buddhism

BouddhaWhat you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now.

—  Bouddha, 563-483 BC, Indian founder of Buddhism

Jean de La BruyèreBetween good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.

—  Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer

Rudyard KiplingWe have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

—  Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936, English writer, Nobel 1907

William Hazlitt The origin of all science is in the desire to know causes; and the origin of all false science and imposture is in the desire to accept false causes rather than none; or, which is the same thing, in the unwillingness to acknowledge our own ignorance.

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

Sri AurobindoOne mighty deed can change the course of things; a lonely thought becomes omnipotent.

—  Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher

Jorge Luis BorgesI have no way of knowing whether the events that I am about to narrate are effects or causes.

—  Jorge Luis Borges, 1899-1986, Argentine writer

Marty RubinBecause of an apple Eden fell and Troy was destroyed.

—  Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist

Gabriele D’ AnnunzioThe stronger the drunkenness, the more bitter the wine.

—  Gabriele D’ Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian poet

André BretonNothing that surrounds us is object, all is subject.

—  André Breton, 1896-1966, French writer, founder of Surrealism

Nicolas Gomez DavilaThe difference between organic and mechanical in social matters is a moral one: the “organic” is the result of innumerable humble acts; the “mechanical” is the result of one decisive act of arrogance.

—  Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer

Bible Quotes

Epistles of PaulGod is not mocked. For whatever a man might sow, that also he will reap.

—  Epistles of Paul ‐ Galatians 6:7

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Latin Quotes

Latin phraseEverything happens for a reason.

Omnia causa fiunt.

—  Latin phrase

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Latin phraseBad from the good.

De malo, bonum.

—  Latin phrase

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Latin proverbNot who but what.

Non quis, sed quid.

—  Latin proverb

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OvidThe cause is hidden, the result is obvious.

Causa latet, vis est notissima.

—  Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet

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VirgilBlessed is he who has been able to know the causes of things.

Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

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Latin phraseAfter this, therefore, because of this.

Post hoc, ergo propter hoc.

—  Latin phrase

     (logical fallacy)

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Latin phraseUpon removal of the cause, the effect is removed.

Subita causa, fellitur offectue.

—  Latin phrase

—  Latin maxim

Gottfried LeibnitzThere is nothing without a reason.

Nihil est sine ratione.

—  Gottfried Leibnitz, 1646-1716, German philosopher & mathematician

Quotes in Verse

Oscar WildeFor he who lives more lives than one
More deaths than one must die.

—  Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer

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Dinos ChristianopoulosDid the night lead me me to these streets?
or did these streets lead me to the night?

—  Dinos Christianopoulos, 1931-2020, Greek poet

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Emily DickinsonBeauty is not the cause of something, it is what it is.

—  Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet

Funny Quotes

George CarlinHere's all you have to know about men and women: women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid.

—  George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian

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Non-English Quotes

Martin HeideggerThe nothing nothings.

Das Nichts nichtet.

—  Martin Heidegger, 1889-1976, German philosopher

Ancient Greek

AristotleNothing is without a cause.

Άνευ αιτίου ουδέν εστιν.

—  Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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DemocritusNothing comes of nothing and nothing disintegrates into nothing.

Μηδέν εκ του μη όντος γίνεσθαι μηδ’ ες το μη ον φθείρεσθαι.

—  Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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PlutarchNothing without cause, nothing without effect.

Ουδέν ατέκμαρτον, ουδέν τυφλόν.

—  Plutarch, 47-120 AD, Ancient Greek historian

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AeschylusThe will of Zeus, the hand of Hephæstus.

Βούλευμα μεν το Δίον, Ηφαίστου δε χειρ.

—  Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian

     ((for the torture of Prometheus))

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Proverbs

English proverbThey that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

—  English proverb

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African proverbDo not look where you fell, but where you slipped.

—  African proverb

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International proverbWhere there’s smoke, there’s fire.

—  International proverb

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International proverbYou reap what you sow.

—  International proverb

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International proverbAs you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.

—  International proverb

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English proverbWhat goes around comes around.

—  English proverb

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Special Quotes

Garbage in, garbage out.

—  American saying

     ([GIGO] from the early days of computing)

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