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Quotations
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. — Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher & writer 25 likes | |
What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 17 likes | |
If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew. — Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist 12 likes | |
Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god. — Jean Rostand, 1894-1977, French scientist & philosopher 9 likes | |
Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity, I do not understand it myself anymore. — Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist 7 likes | |
When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity. — Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist 5 likes | |
In heaven, an angel is no one in particular. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 3 likes | |
Infidel, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople, one who does. — Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer 3 likes | |
Everything is relative, except the infinite. — Duc de Levis, 1764-1830, French politician & author of maxims 2 likes | |
Genius is finding the invisible link between things. — Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer 2 likes | |
Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 2 likes | |
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. | |
I guess the argument of contextuality is that anything is okay as long as it's done by people who are sufficiently unlike you. | |
No action is good or bad in itself. Only its place in the order of things makes it good or bad. | |
Relativism is the explanation of one who is incapable of putting things in order. | |
Wisdom is known only by contrasting it with folly; by shadow only we perceive that all visible objects are not flat. | |
Truths are not relative. What is relative are opinions about the truth. |
Funny Quotes
Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be. — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 25 likes | |
I found there was only one way to look thin: hang out with fat people. — Rodney Dangerfield, 1924-2004, American comedian 3 likes |
Ancient Greek
How might one bear misfortune? To see your enemy doing even worse. Πώς αν τις ατυχίαν ράστα φέροι; — Thales of Miletus, 643-548 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 5 likes |
Proverbs
In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king. 2 likes |