There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
Virtue is insufficient temptation.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.
Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC)
The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
Lois Hector Berlioz
The nations of the earth are mostly swayed by fear—fear of the sort that a little cheap oratory turns easily to rage, hate, and violence.
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC
Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink.
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
Awake, arise, or be forever fallen!
John Milton (1608-1674)
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.
George Eliot (1819-1880)
Prognostication is difficult... especially as regards the future
Mark Twain
Teach him to think for himself? Oh, my God, teach him rather to think like other people!
Mary Shelley (1797-1851)
Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.
Agatha Christie (1890-1976)
Habits change into character.
Ovid
Wit is educated insolence.
Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC)
My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)
This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge, keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal, and do well.
Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
The best morale exists when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it’s usually lousy.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Agatha Christie (1890-1976)
No affectation of peculiarity can conceal a commonplace mind.
W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)
Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the Nation's greatness, but the men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable, especially when that questioning is disinterested, for they determine whether we use power or power uses us.
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society; and we can't get out of it if we would.
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)
A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
Oscar Wilde
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC)
Capitalisation is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse.
Prognostication is difficult, especially as regards the future.
Mark Twain
I can resist everything except temptation.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
Bill Gates Microsoft co-founder, philanthropist
Even in a minute instance, it is best to look first to the main tendencies of Nature. A particular flower may not be dead in early winter, but the flowers are dying; a particular pebble may never be wetted with the tide, but the tide is coming in.
Gilbert Chesterton (1874-1936)
We have no right to distress any of God's creatures without a very good reason.
Anna Sewell (1820-1878)
Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
Sun Tzu (544 BC-496 BC)
Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
Virtue is insufficient temptation.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.
Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC)
The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
Lois Hector Berlioz
The nations of the earth are mostly swayed by fear—fear of the sort that a little cheap oratory turns easily to rage, hate, and violence.
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC
Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink.
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
Awake, arise, or be forever fallen!
John Milton (1608-1674)
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.
George Eliot (1819-1880)
Prognostication is difficult... especially as regards the future
Mark Twain
Teach him to think for himself? Oh, my God, teach him rather to think like other people!
Mary Shelley (1797-1851)
Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.
Agatha Christie (1890-1976)
Habits change into character.
Ovid
Wit is educated insolence.
Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC)
My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)
This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge, keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal, and do well.
Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
The best morale exists when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it’s usually lousy.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Agatha Christie (1890-1976)
No affectation of peculiarity can conceal a commonplace mind.
W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)
Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the Nation's greatness, but the men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable, especially when that questioning is disinterested, for they determine whether we use power or power uses us.
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society; and we can't get out of it if we would.
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)
A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
Oscar Wilde
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC)
Capitalisation is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse.
Prognostication is difficult, especially as regards the future.
Mark Twain
I can resist everything except temptation.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
Bill Gates Microsoft co-founder, philanthropist
Even in a minute instance, it is best to look first to the main tendencies of Nature. A particular flower may not be dead in early winter, but the flowers are dying; a particular pebble may never be wetted with the tide, but the tide is coming in.
Gilbert Chesterton (1874-1936)
We have no right to distress any of God's creatures without a very good reason.
Anna Sewell (1820-1878)
Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
Sun Tzu (544 BC-496 BC)
