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Quotations
 | I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring. — Otto von Bismarck, 1815-1898, German chancellor 13 likes |
 | There are two rules in life: Rule #1: Don't sweat the small stuff. Rule #2: Everything is small stuff. — Finn Taylor, 1958-, American film director 7 likes |
 | As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 7 likes |
 | The graveyards are full of indispensable men. — Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, French President 7 likes |
 | Fascism begins with the thought that everybody else is an idiot. — Paul Valery, 1871-1945, French poet 7 likes |
 | Anyone who has experienced a great love, does not care about friendship. — Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer 6 likes |
 | The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster. — David Hume, 1711-1776, Scottish philosopher 6 likes |
 | The Pope! How many divisions has he got? — Joseph Stalin, 1879-1953, Soviet leader 6 likes |
 | There was one who thought he was above me, and he was above me until he had that thought. — Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer 6 likes |
 | A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 5 likes |
 | Don't talk about yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved. — Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592, French thinker 5 likes |
 | An excellent man: he has no enemies, and none of his friends like him. — Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer (on George Bernard Shaw) 5 likes |
| Kings and philosophers shit -and so do ladies. — Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592, French thinker 4 likes |
 | Mystery is not profoundness. — Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English cleric & writer 4 likes |
 | They could not eat it, and it could not eat them; therefore it was not important. — Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer 4 likes |
 | Forgive me if what has seemed little to you, to me is all. — José Saramago, 1922-2010, Portuguese writer [Nobel 1998] (Nobel Lecture, 1995) 4 likes |
 | Little things affect little minds. — Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Prime Minister 3 likes |
 | Little things comfort us because little things distress us. — Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French thinker 3 likes |
 | Most things which are urgent are not important, and most things which are important are not urgent. — Dwight Eisenhower, 1890-1969, American general & President 3 likes |
 | Worth seeing? yes; but not worth going to see. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 2 likes |
 | There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them. — André Gide, 1869-1951, French writer, Nobel 1947 2 likes |
| Only small minds are impressed by large numbers. — Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer 2 likes |
 | Every man who deserves to be famous knows it is not worth the trouble. — Fernando Pessoa, 1888-1935, Portuguese poet & writer 2 likes |
 | I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning. — Andy Warhol, 1928-1987, American artist 2 likes |
 | All objects lose by too familiar a view. — John Dryden, 1631-1700, English poet 2 likes |
 | Small things make base men proud. — William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Henry VI 2 likes |
 | When a thing is new, people say: ‘It is not true.’ Later, when its truth becomes obvious, they say: ‘It is not important.’ Finally, when its importance cannot be denied, they say: ‘Anyway, it is not new’. — William James, 1842-1910, American philosopher 2 likes |
 | The soul is often in the surface, and the importance of “depth” is overestimated. |
 | Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact. |
 | Some folks seem to have descended from the chimpanzee much later than others. |
 | Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals. |
 | Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite. |
 | Never touch your idols: the gilding will stick to your fingers. |
| Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. |
 | The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it's also full of fourth-rate readers. |
 | I have learned the truth of the observation that the more one approaches great men the more one finds that they are men. — Bernard Baruch, 1870-1965, American businessman & statesman |
 | Nothing is everything that doesn't happen at this very moment. |
 | The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure. |
 | What can be labeled, packaged, mass produced is neither truth nor art. — Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist |
 | A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing. |
 | When we are told today that someone has no personality, we know that it is a simple, righteous, honest person. |
| The taste of the masses is characterized not by their antipathy to the excellent, but by the passivity with which they enjoy equally the good, the mediocre, and the bad. The masses do not have bad taste. They simply do not have taste. |
 | It is amazing how many people think that they can answer an argument by attributing bad motives to those who disagree with them. Using this kind of reasoning, you can believe or not believe anything about anything, without having to bother to deal with facts or logic. |
Latin Quotes
 | Behold the man. Ecce homo. (words of Pontius Pilate presenting Christ crowned with thorns [from the Vulgate 19:5]) 13 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | They misunderestimated me. — George W. Bush, 1946-, American President 7 likes |
| The profession of book-writing makes horse-racing seem like a solid, stable business. |
Ancient Greek
 | What is wealth? A treasury of evils, a supply of bad luck, a gift of wickedness. Τι εστί πλούτος; Θησαυρός κακών, εφόδιον ατυχημάτων, χορηγία πονηρίας. — Chilon of Sparta, 6th cent. BC, one of the 7 sages of Ancient Greece 3 likes |
Proverbs
 | The best is not worth it. Le meilleur n'en vaut rien. 2 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | - I'm proud of you. - Nobody cares what you think. — from the film The Bucket List (2007) 2 likes |
 | - Don't do this to me, it's humiliating. - For 70 grand, Herb, you can afford to be humiliated. — from the film Quiz Show 1994 2 likes |
