Those who would trade a little freedom for a little security deserve neither.
• Benjamin Franklin
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and *he that* speaketh lies shall not escape.
• Proverbs 19:5
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
• Rene Descartes
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
• Mohandas K. Gandhi
All great truths begin as blasphemies.
• George Bernard Shaw
The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.
• Plato
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
• Greek proverb
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
• Carl Jung
The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.
• Hungarian proverb
There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts.
• Voltaire
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
• Voltaire
Writing is like making love. Don't worry about the orgasm, just concentrate on the process.
• Isabel Allende
A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
• William Cowper Brann
Reality is merely an illusion, albiet a very persistent one.
• Albert Einstein
If you Christians acted more like your Christ, the world would be a better place.
• Mahatma Ghandi
I considered becoming a Christian... until I met one.
• Mahatma Ghandi
You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'Wow, you're right! I never would've thought of that!'
• Dave Barry
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
• Mark Twain
A happy life consists in tranquillity of mind.
• Marcus Tullius Cicero
A life of peace, purity, and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age.
• Marcus Tullius Cicero
A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.
• Marcus Tullius Cicero
Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.
• Marcus Tullius Cicero
All action is of the mind and the mirror of the mind is the face, its index the eyes.
• Marcus Tullius Cicero
Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.
• Marcus Tullius Cicero
As the old proverb says 'Like readily consorts with like'.
• Marcus Tullius Cicero
He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
• Marcus Tullius Cicero
He removes the greatest ornament of friendship, who takes away from it respect.
• Marcus Tullius Cicero
I will go further, and assert that nature without culture can often do more to deserve praise than culture without nature.
• Marcus Tullius Cicero
If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.
• Marcus Tullius Cicero
In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honour, command, power, and glory.
• Marcus Tullius Cicero
