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 | Ready-Willing-Potent Libens-Volens-Potens 52 likes |
 | It’s later than you think. Serius est quam cogitas. — Sundial motto 22 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 20 likes |
 | Death twitches my ear. “Live,” he says. “I am coming.” — Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet 20 likes |
 | Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 19 likes |
 | Everyone smiles in the same language — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 18 likes |
 | You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice. — Bob Marley, 1945-1981, Jamaican singer 18 likes |
 | After your death, you will be what you were before your birth. — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 13 likes |
 | The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. — Paul Valery, 1871-1945, French poet 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 12 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 12 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 12 likes |
 | Character is destiny. — Heraclitus, 544-484 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 11 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 10 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 10 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 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 8 likes |
 | Every harlot was a virgin once. — William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter 8 likes |
 | A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for. — William G.T. Shedd, 1820-1894, American Presbyterian theologian 8 likes |
 | If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them. — Bob Dylan, 1941-, American singer [Nobel 2016] 8 likes |
 | Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think. — Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer 8 likes |
 | Do not take life too seriously; you will never get out of it alive. — Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer 7 likes |
 | Conscience is a Jewish invention. — Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, German dictator 7 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 7 likes |
 | The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 6 likes |
 | I like men who have a future and women who have a past. — Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer 6 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” 6 likes |
 | Love is a great beautifier. — Louisa May Alcott, 1923-1888, American writer 6 likes |
 | Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish. — Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English cleric & writer 5 likes |
| A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 5 likes |
 | You can pretend to be serious but you can't pretend to be witty. — Sacha Guitry, 1885-1957, French writer 5 likes |
 | In the last analysis civilization is based upon the food supply. — Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 likes |
| Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps. — William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter 4 likes |
 | The great object of life is sensation- to feel that we exist, even though in pain. — Lord Byron, 1788-1824, British poet 4 likes |
 | The darkest hour is just before the dawn. — Thomas Fuller, 1608-1661, English thinker 4 likes |
 | To read them all, reckon 150,000 years. — Slogan of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (2014) 3 likes |
 | What we love about love is the fever, which marriage puts to bed and cures — Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor 3 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 3 likes |
 | I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them. — Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, French President 3 likes |
 | Don't cry. The damned don't cry. — Eugene O’Neill, 1888-1953, American playwright, Nobel 1936 3 likes |
| A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time. — Thomas Fuller, 1608-1661, English thinker 3 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 3 likes |
| If it came true, it wasn’t much of a dream. — Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor 2 likes |
 | Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are. — Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator 2 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 2 likes |
 | Givers have to set limits because takers rarely do. — Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American industrialist, founder of FORD 2 likes |
 | There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island. — Walt Disney, 1901-1966, American businessman & cartoonist 2 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. |
 | We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents. |
 | The only way to escape the abyss is to look at it, gauge it, sound it out and descend into it. |
| The only joy in the world is to begin. |
