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 | Ready-Willing-Potent Libens-Volens-Potens 53 likes |
 | It’s later than you think. Serius est quam cogitas. — Sundial motto 24 likes |
 | Death twitches my ear. “Live,” he says. “I am coming.” — Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet 21 likes |
 | Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 21 likes |
 | Sexual pleasure is, I agree, a passion to which all others are subordinate but in which they all unite. — Marquis de Sade, 1740-1814, French writer 21 likes |
 | Everyone smiles in the same language — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 19 likes |
 | You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice. — Bob Marley, 1945-1981, Jamaican singer 19 likes |
 | After your death, you will be what you were before your birth. — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 14 likes |
 | The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. — Paul Valery, 1871-1945, French poet 14 likes |
 | In an ugly and unhappy world, the richest man can purchase nothing but ugliness and unhappiness. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 13 likes |
 | Laws are like spider’s webs: If some poor weak creature comes up against them, it is caught; but a big one can break through and get away. Τους δε νόμους τοις αραχνίοις ομοίους· και γαρ εκείνα, εάν μεν εμπέση τι κούφον και ασθενές, στέγειν· εάν δε μείζον, διακόψαν οίχεσθαι. — Solon, 630-560 BC, Ancient Greek lawmaker & philosopher 13 likes |
 | Character is destiny. — Heraclitus, 544-484 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 13 likes |
 | Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him. — Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962, American actress 13 likes |
 | Give me a place to stand and I shall move the earth. Δως μοι πα στω και ταν γαν κινάσω. — Archimedes, 287-212 BC, Ancient Greek mathematician & inventor 11 likes |
 | In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman. — Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013, British Prime Minister 11 likes |
 | Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer provide bad examples. — La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer 10 likes |
 | If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them. — Bob Dylan, 1941-, American singer [Nobel 2016] 9 likes |
 | The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 9 likes |
 | A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for. — William G.T. Shedd, 1820-1894, American Presbyterian theologian 9 likes |
 | Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think. — Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer 9 likes |
 | Every harlot was a virgin once. — William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter 9 likes |
 | Do not take life too seriously; you will never get out of it alive. — Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer 8 likes |
 | Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do. — Zsa Zsa Gabor, 1917-2016, Hungarian-American actress 8 likes |
 | Conscience is a Jewish invention. — Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, German dictator 8 likes |
 | Love is a great beautifier. — Louisa May Alcott, 1923-1888, American writer 7 likes |
 | That which is used, gets stronger. That which is not used wastes away. Ότι χρήσις κρατύνει, αργίη δε τήκει. — Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine” 7 likes |
 | I like men who have a future and women who have a past. — Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer 7 likes |
 | The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 7 likes |
 | Man cannot discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore. — André Gide, 1869-1951, French writer, Nobel 1947 6 likes |
 | Never allow a person to tell you “no” who doesn't have the power to say “yes”. — Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president 6 likes |
 | Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish. — Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English cleric & writer 6 likes |
 | In the last analysis civilization is based upon the food supply. — Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher 6 likes |
 | You can pretend to be serious but you can't pretend to be witty. — Sacha Guitry, 1885-1957, French writer 6 likes |
| A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 6 likes |
 | For those who may be hurting over lost love: Don't cry because it is over... smile because it happened. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer 6 likes |
 | The darkest hour is just before the dawn. — Thomas Fuller, 1608-1661, English thinker 5 likes |
| Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps. — William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter 5 likes |
 | The great object of life is sensation- to feel that we exist, even though in pain. — Lord Byron, 1788-1824, British poet 5 likes |
 | If 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 4 likes |
 | There is one undeniable sign that you recognize that you love someone romantically, and that is when their face arouses more desire in you than any other part of their body. — Michel Tournier, 1924-2016, French writer 4 likes |
 | I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them. — Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, French President 4 likes |
| A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time. — Thomas Fuller, 1608-1661, English thinker 4 likes |
 | What we love about love is the fever, which marriage puts to bed and cures — Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor 4 likes |
 | Don't cry. The damned don't cry. — Eugene O’Neill, 1888-1953, American playwright, Nobel 1936 4 likes |
 | To read them all, reckon 150,000 years. — Slogan of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (2014) 4 likes |
 | Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are. — Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator 3 likes |
 | Givers have to set limits because takers rarely do. — Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American industrialist, founder of FORD 3 likes |
| If it came true, it wasn’t much of a dream. — Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor 3 likes |
 | There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island. — Walt Disney, 1901-1966, American businessman & cartoonist 3 likes |
 | The goal of the future is full unemployment, so we can play. That's why we have to destroy the present politico-economic system. — Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer 3 likes |
 | We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents. — Bob Ross, 1942-1995, American painter & TV personality 1 likes |
 | The only way to escape the abyss is to look at it, gauge it, sound it out and descend into it. — Cesare Pavese, 1908-1950, Italian writer 1 likes |
| The only joy in the world is to begin. — Cesare Pavese, 1908-1950, Italian writer 1 likes |
 | One reason you are stricken when your parents die is that the audience you've been aiming at all your life - shocking it, pleasing it - has suddenly left the theater. — Katharine Whitehorn, 1928-2021, British columnist 1 likes |
