Random Sample of Quotes |
 | I had a lot of dates, but I decided to stay home and dye my eyebrows. — Andy Warhol, 1928-1987, American artist 8 likes |
 | Words are the doctors of a temper diseased. Οργής ματαίας εισί αίτιοι λόγοι. — Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian 4 likes |
 | An old man is a child with a past. — Zarko Petan, 1929-2014, Slovenian playwright & aphorist 2 likes |
 | Outside every thin woman is a fat man trying to get in. — Katharine Whitehorn, 1928-2021, British columnist 9 likes |
 | Perhaps every generation thinks of itself as a lost generation and perhaps every generation is right. — Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer 1 likes |
 | M. once said that he likes peace, quiet, isolation. Someone answered him: that’s how hospitals are. — Nicolas Chamfort, 1740-1794, French writer 1 likes |
 | Just take in peace what gifts the gods will send. Αλλ' ό γε σιγῇ δώρα θεών έχοι, όττι διδοίεν. — Homer, c. 800-750 BC, Ancient Greek Poet ‐ Odyssey XVIII 4 likes |
 | Every child is in a way a genius; and every genius is in a way a child. — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 5 likes |
 | When you aren’t sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself. That’s the basic principle of every faith. — Alberto Moravia, 1907-1990, Italian writer 1 likes |
 | The greatest gift is health. The greatest wealth is satisfaction. And the best relationship is faith. — Bouddha, 563-483 BC, Indian founder of Buddhism 1 likes |
 | I hate defeats. Even the defeats of others. — Marguerite Yourcenar, 1903-1987, French writer 1 likes |
 | To dominate people, it is easier to inflame their passions than to support their interests. — Gustave Le Bon, 1841-1931, French polymath & writer 1 likes |
 | We are not put into this world to sit still and know; we are put into it to act. — Woodrow Wilson, 1856-1924, American President [1913-1921] 1 likes |
 | Often is man’s best wisdom to be silent. Το σιγάν πολλάκις εστί σοφώτατον ανθρώπω νοήσαι. — Pindar, 522-438 BC, Ancient Greek lyric poet 3 likes |
 | Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today. — Ayn Rand, 1905-1982, American writer & philosopher 3 likes |
 | Victory is gay only back home. Up front it is joyless. — Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress 6 likes |
 | Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses, except the intellect itself. — Gottfried Leibnitz, 1646-1716, German philosopher & mathematician 1 likes |
 | To love is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. — Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet 1 likes |
 | I have come to lead you to the other shore; into eternal darkness; into fire and into ice. — Dante, 1265-1321, Italian poet 7 likes |
 | For some strange reason, the absolutely correct axiom “no one is irreplaceable” often leads to the disastrous distortion: “anyone can replace anyone.” — Manolis Doukides, Greek writer 3 likes |
 | What the gods want happens soon. Cito fit quod dii volunt. — Gaius Petronius, 1st cent. AD, Roman writer 20 likes |
 | When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. — Thomas Jefferson, 1749-1826, American President [1801-1809] 8 likes |
 | I inscribe the vows of a woman on water. Όρκους εγώ γυναικός εις ύδωρ γράφω. — Sophocles, 496-406 BC, Ancient tragic poet 5 likes |
 | Humility is becoming a lost art, but it's not difficult to practice. It means that you realize that others have been involved in your success. — Harvey Mackay, American self-help writer 1 likes |
 | It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them. — Agatha Christie, 1890-1976, British writer 1 likes |
 | Everybody to whom much is given, much is expected. 3 likes |
 | A man should have two wives: one to love and one to sew on his buttons. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer 1 likes |
 | The only work that spiritually purifies us is that which is done without personal motives. — Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher 1 likes |
 | Americans have no capacity for abstract thought, and make bad coffee. — Georges Clemenceau, 1841-1929, French Prime Minister 4 likes |
 | Reason speaks in words alone, but love has a song. — Joseph De Maistre, 1753-1821, Savoyard diplomat & philosopher 1 likes |
 | The governor does not deal with the small stuff. De minimis non curat praetor. (or: The law does not concern itself with trifles) 11 likes |
| When it comes to feelings, anything that can be measured has absolutely no value. — Nicolas Chamfort, 1740-1794, French writer 2 likes |
 | The easiest way to solve a problem is to pick an easy one. — Franklin P. Jones, 1908-1980, American columnist 5 likes |
 | If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man ... just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1821-1881, Russian writer 9 likes |
 | Conquered people tend to be witty. — Saul Bellow, 1914-2005, Canadian-American writer, Nobel 1976 1 likes |
 | Without some dissimulation no business can be carried on at all. — Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer 9 likes |
 | This is an impressive crowd: the Have's and Have-more's. Some people call you the elites. I call you my base. — George W. Bush, 1946-, American President 4 likes |
 | It's human to make mistakes and some of us are more human than others. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-2025, British cartoonist & epigrammatist 7 likes |
 | Words are never lacking in ideas; ideas are lacking in words. — Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims 1 likes |
| In the theater, the director is a god. But, unfortunately, the actors are atheists. — Zarko Petan, 1929-2014, Slovenian playwright & aphorist 4 likes |
