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I) Sources & Topics with most visits

Most popular topics Most popular sources
α/αTopichits
1  Mistakes 202,002
2  Truth & Lies 71,413
3  Stupidity 60,007
4  Win & Lose 55,772
5  Seduction 55,064
6  Suicide 46,296
7  Victory & Defeat 39,667
8  Communism 36,540
9  Good & Evil 36,106
10  Death 33,202
11  War & Peace 32,139
12  Nudity 31,254
13  Sex 30,298
14  Hypocrisy 27,543
15  Shadow 25,275
16  Prostitution 24,730
17  Eroticism 23,773
18  Ego 22,308
19  Arguing 21,974
20  Strength & Weakness 21,305
21  Friendship 21,143
22  Democracy 20,620
23  Corruption 20,495
24  Solitude 20,358
25  Right & Wrong 20,256
26  Optimism 20,174
27  Cunning 19,972
28  Drinking 19,472
29  God 19,183
30  Destiny 18,557
31  Sports & Games 17,387
32  Self-reliance 16,987
33  Boldness 16,657
34  Revolution 16,522
35  Memory 16,363
36  Enemies 16,054
37  Vanity 16,049
38  Betrayal 15,622
39  Hell 15,565
40  Woman 15,535
α/αSourceshits
1  Plato 179,452
2  Napoleon 61,830
3  Lenin 45,367
4  Oscar Wilde 32,436
5  Voltaire 32,385
6  Talleyrand 30,985
7  George Carlin 29,237
8  Democritus 26,920
9  Churchill 25,512
10  Mark Twain 24,973
11  Marcus Aurelius 24,663
12  Benjamin Franklin 24,099
13  Hitler 24,044
14  Epicurus 22,922
15  Fyodor Dostoyevsky 22,285
16  G. Bernard Shaw 20,694
17  Diogenes 19,286
18  Seneca 18,736
19  Lao-Tzu 17,831
20  Isaac Asimov 17,812
21  Nietzsche 17,226
22  Schopenhauer 16,016
23  Will Durant 15,661
24  Shakespeare 15,364
25  Euripides 15,119
26  Latin phrases 15,032
27  Otto von Bismarck 15,021
28  H.L. Mencken 14,727
29  Cicero 14,594
30  Socrates 13,786
31  Blaise Pascal 13,332
32  Harry Truman 13,284
33  Thomas Sowell 13,263
34  Wolfgang Goethe 12,756
35  Einstein 12,271
36  Julius Caesar 11,851
37  Ghandi 11,830
38  Aristotle 11,694
39  Virgil 11,407
40  Karl Marx 11,119



II) Quotations with most votes

  
Latin phraseWhile I breathe, I hope.

Dum spiro spero.

—  Latin phrase

238 likes
Isaac AsimovWhen stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.

—  Isaac Asimov, 1920-1992, American Sci-Fi writer

218 likes
HannibalI shall either find a way or make one.

Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.

—  Hannibal, 247-183 BC, Carthaginian military commander

     (crossing the Alps with his army around 212 BC)

196 likes
Latin phraseIf you want peace, prepare for war.

Si vis pacem, para bellum.

—  Latin phrase

191 likes
special sourceRemember to live.

Vivere memento.

—  Sundial motto

184 likes
Virgil If I cannot sway the heavens, I will raise hell.

Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

183 likes
VirgilFate will find a way.

Fata viam invenient.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

175 likes
CaligulaLet them hate, as long as they fear.

Oderint, dum metuant.

—  Caligula, 12-41 AD, Roman Emperor

     (originally a verse by the poet Accius)

173 likes
OvidBe patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Perfer et obdura, dolor hic tibi proderit olim.

—  Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet

164 likes
Latin proverbWhat harms, often teaches.

Quod nocet, saepe docet.

—  Latin proverb

157 likes
Latin phraseRemember death.

Memento mori.

—  Latin phrase

154 likes
special sourceFaster, Higher, Stronger

Citius, Altius, Fortius.

—  Motto of the Olympic Games

     (initially, a motto of Pierre de Coubertin’s school)

151 likes
VirgilFortune favors the bold.

Audentes fortuna iuvat.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

147 likes
Aleister CrowleyBy the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.

—  Aleister Crowley, 1875-1945, British magician & occultist,

     (or V.V.V.V.V.; mentioned also in the graphic novel “V for Vendetta”)

139 likes
HoraceWe are but dust and shadow.

Pulvis et umbra sumus.

—  Horace, 65-8 BC, Roman poet

138 likes
VoltaireReligion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.

—  Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher & writer

137 likes
special sourceNothing but the best is good enough.

Nil satis nisi optimum.

—  motto of the Air Training Corps and of various schools

132 likes
SenecaLet us live, since we must die.

Vivamus, moriendum est.

—  Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher

125 likes
Mark TwainNever argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

—  Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer

123 likes
SenecaIf you wish to be loved, love.

Si vis amari, ama.

—  Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher

114 likes
Julius CaesarI came, I saw, I won.

Veni, vidi, vici.

—  Julius Caesar, 100-44 BC, Roman general & Consul

     (message to the Senate after his victory over Pharnaces of Pontus in 47 BC)

111 likes
VirgilWe gather strength as we go.

Vires acquirit eundo.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

111 likes
SocratesThere is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.

Εν μόνον αγαθόν είναι, την επιστήμην, και εν μόνον κακόν, την αμαθίαν.

—  Socrates, 469-399 BC, Ancient Geek Philosopher

110 likes
Latin phraseIf the winds fail you, use the oars.

Destitutus ventis, remos adhibe.

—  Latin phrase

109 likes
Latin phraseLook behind, look here, look ahead.

Espice, adspice, prospice.

—  Latin phrase

106 likes
VirgilHard work conquers all.

Labor omnia vincit.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

104 likes
Latin phraseEverything happens for a reason.

Omnia causa fiunt.

—  Latin phrase

104 likes
Latin proverbWhere there is unity, there is victory.

Ubi concordia, ibi victoria.

—  Latin proverb

104 likes
VirgilThey can because they think they can.

Possunt, quia posse videntur.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

102 likes
TerentiusThere are as many opinions as there are people: each has his own view.

Quot homines tot sententiae: suus cuique mos.

—  Terentius, c. 185-159 BC, Roman comic playwright

98 likes
special sourceUse the hours, don’t count them.

Utere, non numera.

—  Medieval Sundial Motto

95 likes
Latin phraseActions not words.

Res, non verba.

—  Latin phrase

93 likes
JuvenalDedicate your life to truth.

Vitam impendere vero.

—  Juvenal, 1st-2nd cent. AD, Roman satiric poet

92 likes
EuripidesAs mortals we should behave as mortals.

Όντας δε θνητούς θνητά και φρονείν χρεών.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Alcestis

91 likes
TacitusEverything unknown seems magnificent.

Omne ignotum pro magnifico.

—  Tacitus, 55-120 AD, Roman historian

90 likes
special sourcePray and Work.

Ora et Labora.

—  Motto of the Benedictine Order

89 likes
HippocratesArt is long, life is short.

Ars longa, vita brevis.

—  Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine”

88 likes
Latin phraseHe conquers who conquers himself.

Vincit qui se vincit.

—  Latin phrase

88 likes
HippocratesFirst, do no harm.

Primum, non nocere.

—  Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine”

     (the origin is uncertain; Hippocrates’ works do not include this precise phrase)

87 likes
MartialLife is not about living, but to live a good life.

Vita non est vivere, sed valera vita est.

—  Martial, 43-104 AD, Roman poet of epigrams

86 likes


IIΙ) Less Popular

non-popular topics non-popular sources
 Topichits
   Holes 1,559
   Italians 1,625
   Advertisement 1,628
   Housework 1,644
   Understanding people 1,719
   Systems 1,723
   Protection 1,737
   Cars 1,760
   Colors 1,790
   First phrases 1,793
   Cooking 1,832
   Hypotheses 1,872
   Acknowledgment 1,879
   Meetings 1,883
   Cities 1,897
   Turmoil 1,898
   New 1,912
   Holidays 1,929
   Conclusion 1,930
   Ideas 1,941
   Victims 1,946
   Theory 1,948
   Obvious 1,952
   Drugs 1,955
   Consolation 1,958
   Feminism 1,963
   Property 1,980
   Selling 1,985
   Painting 2,000
   Respect 2,000
   Quality 2,011
   Pigs 2,030
   Overcoming 2,044
   Computers 2,064
   Complaints 2,065
   Family 2,074
   Television 2,079
   Advice 2,080
   Architecture 2,087
   Ideals 2,094
   British 2,094
   Order 2,115
   Help 2,133
   Events 2,156
   Difference 2,158
   Options 2,161
   Rights 2,163
   Searching 2,168
   Waste 2,169
   Organizing 2,172
 Sourceshits
   Alphonse Allais 272
    292
   George Courteline 350
   Leo Tolstoy 364
   Charlotte Brontë 368
   John Lyly 372
   Kurt Cobain 384
   Gustave Le Bon 417
   Ingmar Bergman 422
   Tagore 628
   Le Corbusier 644
   Maya Angelou 653
   Martin Luther 653
   Herbert Spencer 658
   Alfred Hitchcock 658
   Mao 658
   Guy de Maupassant 666
   Molière 683
   Sinclair Lewis 684
   Cervantes 700
   William Congreve 707
   Omar Khayyam 707
   Pythagoras 715
   Gloria Steinem 727
   Altan 732
   André Prévot 742
   Yeats 743
   Josh Billings 746
   Francis De Croiset 752
   Claude Lelouch 759
   Xenophon 770
   Richard Bach 773
   George S. Patton 773
   Andreas Kalvos 785
   Phocylides 786
   Frida Kahlo 796
   Yevgeni Zamyatin 800
   Unamuno 835
   Thomas Mann 847
   Themistocles 847
   Anagnostakis 872
   Lycurgus 873
   Richelieu 885
   Anais Nin 889
   Moussolini 893
   Anacharsis 904
   Marguerite Yourcenar 915
   François Rabelais 916
   André Maurois 928
   Theognis 937





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