best quotations about
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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 26 likes |
 | What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 18 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 13 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 11 likes |
| Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity, I do not understand it myself anymore. — Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist 8 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 6 likes |
 | In heaven, an angel is no one in particular. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 4 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 4 likes |
 | Everything is relative, except the infinite. — Duc de Levis, 1764-1830, French politician & author of maxims 3 likes |
 | Genius is finding the invisible link between things. — Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer 3 likes |
 | Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 3 likes |
 | In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. — Erasmus, 1469-1536, Dutch humanist 1 likes |
 | I guess the argument of contextuality is that anything is okay as long as it's done by people who are sufficiently unlike you. — P.J. O’ Rourke, 1947-2022, American columnist & writer 1 likes |
 | No action is good or bad in itself. Only its place in the order of things makes it good or bad. — Milan Kundera, 1929-2023, Czech writer 1 likes |
 | Relativism is the explanation of one who is incapable of putting things in order. — Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer 1 likes |
| Wisdom is known only by contrasting it with folly; by shadow only we perceive that all visible objects are not flat. — Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer 1 likes |
| Truths are not relative. What is relative are opinions about the truth. — Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer 1 likes |
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 26 likes |
 | I found there was only one way to look thin: hang out with fat people. — Rodney Dangerfield, 1924-2004, American comedian 4 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 6 likes |
Proverbs
 | In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king. 3 likes |
