The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion. G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all of your time. Willem de Kooning (1904 - )
Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once. Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence. Henry Adams (1838 - 1918)
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. H. P. Lovecraft (1890 - 1937)
To be positive: To be mistaken at the top of one's voice. Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914)
The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution. Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it. Glaser and Way
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. Abba Eban (1915 - 2002)
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Martyrdom... is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad. Norm Papernick
Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool. Joseph Roux
The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers. Scott Adams (1957 - )
Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb. Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)
Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long. Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)
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