Month: April 2010

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

De ware grondlegger van de burgerlijke maatschappij: dat was hij die als eerste een stuk grond omheinde, zich verstoutte te zeggen ‘Dit is van mij’, …

Absence

I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. – Behan, …

Elizabeth II

“The upward course of a nation’s history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.” Elizabeth …

Mailer, Norman

Every moment of one’s existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little …

Clurman, Harold

Unlike other people, our reviewers are powerful because they believe in nothing. Clurman, Harold quotes

Taylor, Joe

It takes time to save time. Taylor, Joe quotes

Proverb, Persian

Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away. Proverb, Persian quotes

Traherne, Thomas

More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery. Traherne, Thomas quotes

Nicolás Maquiavelo

El que es elegido príncipe con el favor popular debe conservar al pueblo como amigo. Frases de Nicolás Maquiavelo

A. Schopenhauer

Ten gevolge van zijn persoonlijkheid en zijn omstandigheden, leeft ieder, zonder uitzondering, in een zekere beperktheid van begrippen en opvattingen. A. Schopenhauer citaat

Scottish Proverb: What cannot be cured …

What cannot be cured must be endured. Scottish Proverb Proverb Link: What cannot be cured …See More: Scottish Proverbs (122 Proverbs) Scottish Proverb: What cannot …

Harvey Fierstein

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.” Harvey Fierstein quotes

Alcott, Amos Bronson

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay. Alcott, Amos Bronson quotes

Carter, Jimmy

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense… human rights invented America. Carter, Jimmy quotes