Famous Quotes

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Marcus Terentius Varro:

The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of the Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it should begin with three and stop at nine.

Dan Quisenberry:

The future is much like the present, only longer.

John Lahr:

Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence.

Aristotle:

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Cree Indian Prophecy:

Only when the last tree has been cut down
Only when the last river has been poisoned
Only when the last fish has been caught
Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten.

Aristotle, Politics:

The basis of a democratic state is liberty.

Marie de Rabutin-Chantal:

True friendship is never serene.

Mark 9:23:

All things are possible to him that believeth.

Oliver Wendell Holmes:

Beat a man with the strength of you argument, not with the strength of your arm.

Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil:

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule.

Thomas a Kempis, Imitation of Christ:

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.

Michael Caine, www.aint-it-cool-news.com:

About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.

Sydney James:

Dont get married, just find someone you dont like and buy them a house.

Mark Twain, Notebooks (1935):

What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before.

Greenville County (S.C.) Department of Social Services, The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1993:

Your food stamps will be stopped effective March, 1992, because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances.