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 | I came, I saw, I won. Veni, vidi, vici. — Julius Caesar, 100-44 BC, Roman general & Consul (message to the Senate after his victory over Pharnaces of Pontus in 47 BC) 107 likes |
 | I know that I know nothing. Εν οίδα ότι ουδέν οίδα. — Socrates, 469-399 BC, Ancient Geek Philosopher ( the “Socratic paradox”; from a Latin quote which was a paraphrase of a Plato’s line and not a real saying by Socrates) 58 likes |
 | Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 25 likes |
 | Night, shortly. Mox nox. — Medieval Sundial motto 23 likes |
 | Nothing is wrong if it makes you happy. — Bob Marley, 1945-1981, Jamaican singer 14 likes |
 | A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night. — Chanakya, 370-280 π.X., Indian teacher & philosopher 14 likes |
 | She has slept with every male star at MGM except Lassie. — Bette Davis, 1908-1989, American actress (on rival Joan Crawfor) 12 likes |
 | You think you are killing me. I think you are committing suicide. — Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet 11 likes |
 | Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember, the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 11 likes |
 | Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. — Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer 10 likes |
 | I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is that they must change if they are to get better. — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799, German author of maxims 10 likes |
 | It comes so soon, the moment when there is nothing left to wait for. — Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer 10 likes |
 | Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1772-1834, English poet & philosopher 9 likes |
| Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be proud, but not arrogant. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 9 likes |
 | He had a clear conscience. Never used it. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1906-1966, Polish author of maxims 8 likes |
 | There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war. — Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher 8 likes |
 | I don't know what it is, but I am against it. — from the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 7 likes |
 | Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying. — Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer 7 likes |
 | Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt. — Kin Hubbard, 1868-1930, American cartoonist 7 likes |
 | The difference between pornography and erotica is lighting. — Gloria Leonard, 1940-2014, American pornographic actress 6 likes |
| Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1772-1834, English poet & philosopher 6 likes |
 | The only difference between a madman and me is that I am not mad. — Salvador Dali, 1904-1989, Spanish painter 6 likes |
 | How can a nation be called great if its bread tastes like kleenex? — Julia Child, 1912-2004, American chef, author & TV personality. 6 likes |
 | God is dead. Marx is dead. And I don’t feel so well myself. — Eugene Ionesco, 1912-1994, French-Romanian playwright 6 likes |
 | Why can’t I try on different lives, like dresses, to see which one fits me and is most becoming? — Sylvia Plath, 1932-1963, American poet & writer 6 likes |
 | Life is a horizontal fall. — Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963, French artist 6 likes |
 | Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when He did not want to sign. — Théophile Gautier, 1811-1872, French poet & writer 6 likes |
 | Never complain and never explain. — Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Prime Minister 5 likes |
 | Don't be so humble, you are not that great. — Golda Meir, 1898-1978, Israeli Prime Minister 5 likes |
| Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble about whether he's happy or not. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 5 likes |
 | Elementary rules of logic: extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence and what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. — Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011, British-American journalist & writer 5 likes |
 | Having money is a way of being free of money. — Albert Camus, 1913-1960, French writer, Nobel 1957 5 likes |
 | Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope. — George Burns, 1896-1996, American comedian 5 likes |
| Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 5 likes |
 | Make no mistake about why these babies are here - they are here to replace us. — Jerry Seinfeld, 1954-, American comedian 4 likes |
 | Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated; you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. — David Lloyd George, 1863-1945, British Prime Minister [1916-1922] 4 likes |
| The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end. — Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Prime Minister 3 likes |
 | Women usually love what they buy, yet hate two-thirds of what is in their closets. — Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor 3 likes |
 | It is never the thing but the version of the thing. — Wallace Stevens, 1879-1955, American poet 3 likes |
 | Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don't have film. — Steven Wright, 1955-, American comedian 3 likes |
 | When I hear artists... making fun of businessmen I think of a regiment in which the band makes fun of the cooks. — Anonymous 2 likes |
 | Noblest of all dogs is the hot-dog; it feeds the hand that bites it. — Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator 2 likes |
 | Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today. — from the film Groundhog Day (1993) 2 likes |
