Wisdom

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A liar needs a good memory.

Marcus Fabius Quintalianus




Hell never grows full.

The Bible




Even Satan can build a cross.

Swedish saying




If all people were righteous no one would need to be brave.

Angesilaus II




A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Oscar Wilde




Don't get mad, get even.

Robert F. Kennedy




There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.

Arthur C. Clarke




Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

"Last Chance to See"
Douglas Adams




Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.

Sam Brown




Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.

(Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.)




Reality is for people who lack imagination.




Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.

Friedrich Nietzsche




The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.

Alan Ashley-Pitt




The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views... which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.

Doctor Who, "Face of Evil"




When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white men came, an Indian said simply "Ours."

Vine Deloria, Jr.




When the blind lead the blind they will both fall over the cliff.

Chinese proverb




When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part.

George Bernard Shaw




If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry.

Chekhov




I never knew what true happiness was till I got married. And then it was too late.




Marriage means commitment. Of course, so does insanity.




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