Friedrich von Schiller, Cohen & Cohen 1960, The Penguin dictionary of quotations Quote #12552 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain. (Mit der Dummheit kaempfen Goetter selbst...
Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi, in Irving Good, The Scientist Speculates (1962) Quote #1333 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.
Mark Twain Quote #7812 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable, and...
George Orwell, 1984 Quote #8513 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or...
Andrew Schneider Quote #34746 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 There were always people like the pope. They serve a certain function, of course....
H. L. Mencken Quote #1951 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 The best years are the forties; after fifty a man begins to deteriorate, but...
Lisa Alther Quote #1454 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time,...
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote #15174 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on someone without getting some on...
John Ruskin Quote #31373 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 I believe the first test of a truly great man is his humility.
Henry Louis Mencken Quote #29960 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 The only cure for contempt is countercontempt.