"We make war that we may live in peace." – Aristotle
“We make war that we may live in peace.” – Aristotle
Month: May 2010
"Instead of warning pregnant women not to drink, I think female alcoholics should be told not to fuck" – George Carlin
“Instead of warning pregnant women not to drink, I think female alcoholics should be told not to fuck” – George Carlin
"Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities." – C.S. Lewis
“Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.” – C.S. Lewis
"Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time." – Maya Angelou
“Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.” – Maya Angelou
"The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself." – Benjamin Franklin
“The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.” – Benjamin Franklin
"Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it." – Winston Churchill
“Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.” – Winston Churchill
"What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneliness, and say, ‘This life which you live must be lived by you once again and innumerable times more; and every pain and joy and thought and sigh must come again to you, all in the same sequence. The eternal hourglass will again and again be turned and you with it, dust of the dust!’ Would you throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse that demon? Or would you answer, ‘Never have I heard anything more divine’?" – Friedrich Nietzsche
“What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneliness, and say, ‘This life which you live must be lived …
"If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way." – Mark Twain
“If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.” – Mark Twain
"The habitude of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by truth makes it circuitous and conventional" – Walter Savage Landor
“The habitude of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by truth makes it circuitous and conventional” – Walter Savage Landor
"As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven." – Doug Horton
“As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.” – Doug Horton
"The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition" – George Herbert
“The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition” – George Herbert
"I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence." – Thomas Hardy
“I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.” – Thomas …
"To believe a thing impossible is to make it so" – French Proverb
“To believe a thing impossible is to make it so” – French Proverb
"May as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. English Proverb" – English Proverb
“May as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. English Proverb” – English Proverb
"Always do what you are afraid to do." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Always do what you are afraid to do.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Gratitude is a twofold love / love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest." – Henry Van Dyke
“Gratitude is a twofold love / love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest.” – Henry Van Dyke
"I imagine, therefore I belong and am free." – Lawrence Durrell
“I imagine, therefore I belong and am free.” – Lawrence Durrell
"Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves, whistle and dance the shimmy, and you’ve got an audience." – Diogenes of Sinope
“Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves, whistle and dance the shimmy, and you’ve got an audience.” – Diogenes of Sinope
"I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men." – Marlene Dietrich
“I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.” – Marlene Dietrich
"When the ivy-tod is heavy with snow, / And the owlet whoops to the wolf below." – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“When the ivy-tod is heavy with snow, / And the owlet whoops to the wolf below.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness." – Chuang Tzu
“Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.” – Chuang Tzu
"Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden." – Chinese Proverbs
“Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.” – Chinese Proverbs
"When a person is in fashion, all they do is right." – Lord Chesterfield
“When a person is in fashion, all they do is right.” – Lord Chesterfield
"We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves" – John Buchan
“We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves” – John Buchan
"It lessens the historical saliency of King for younger kids." – Robert Brown
“It lessens the historical saliency of King for younger kids.” – Robert Brown
"If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it." – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
“If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same." – Emily Bronte
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” – Emily Bronte
"Let love be your greatest aim" – Bible
“Let love be your greatest aim” – Bible
"God ordains that beggars should beg for greatness, as for all else, when greatness shines out of them, and they don’t know it." – Georges Bernanos
“God ordains that beggars should beg for greatness, as for all else, when greatness shines out of them, and they don’t know it.” – Georges …
"The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love" – Jane Austen
“The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love” – …
"No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness." – Aristotle
“No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.” – Aristotle
"A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned" – Arabian Proverb
“A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned” – Arabian Proverb
"My mind is not a bed to be made and remade." – James Agate
“My mind is not a bed to be made and remade.” – James Agate
"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." – Jalal ad-Din Rumi
“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” – Jalal ad-Din Rumi
"I was able to read the winds pretty well, but some of my shots only narrowly missed greens, adding to my frustration. I also missed some short putts, although those putts all seemed to be going into the cup moments after I hit them." – Ai Miyazato
“I was able to read the winds pretty well, but some of my shots only narrowly missed greens, adding to my frustration. I also missed …
"Arrogance diminishes wisdom" – Arabian Proverb
“Arrogance diminishes wisdom” – Arabian Proverb
"False friends are worse than open enemies" – Proverb
“False friends are worse than open enemies” – Proverb
"Common sense is not so common." – Voltaire
“Common sense is not so common.” – Voltaire
"Patience is bitter, but it bears sweet fruit." – Turkish Proverb
“Patience is bitter, but it bears sweet fruit.” – Turkish Proverb
"I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred – that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt." – Harriet Beecher Stowe
“I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred – that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, …