The most fitting occupation for a civilized man is to do nothing.
—Théophile Gautier, c. 1835
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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
—Abraham Lincoln, c. 1858Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 63 BCA change of fortune hurts a wise man no more than a change of the moon.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1732To be a successful father… there’s one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don’t look at it for the first two years.
—Ernest Hemingway, 1954Youth is the time to go flashing from one end of the world to the other both in mind and body, to try the manners of different nations, to hear the chimes at midnight.
—Robert Louis Stevenson, 1881No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
—Bertrand Russell, 1961It is very foolish to attack one’s enemy openly if one can injure him in secret.
—Giambattista Giraldi, 1543The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of all true art and science.
—Albert Einstein, 1930Communities do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
—Benjamin Disraeli, 1863Wants keep pace with wealth always.
—Timothy Titcomb, 1859There never was a good war or a bad peace.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1773Too often, where we need water we find guns.
—Ban Ki-moon, 2008