" A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. "

Aristotle, unknown Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC – 322 BC)

" To all, to each, a fair good night,
And pleasing dreams, and slumbers light. "

Sir Walter Scott Scottish author & novelist (1771 – 1832)

" The headline reads, “Docs say patients make them prescribe useless antibiotics.” This puts a physician in roughly the same predicament as a serial killer. The latter says, “Stop me before I kill again, while the former says, “Stop me before I prescribe again.” "

Nicolas Martin, www.iatrogenic.org

" You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. "

Author Unknown

" Nobody takes a picture of something they want to forget. "

Sy Parrish, One Hour Photo

" To give a satisfactory decision as to the truth it is necessary to be rather an arbitrator than a party to the dispute. "

Aristotle Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC – 322 BC)

" Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. "

George Washington First president of US (1732 – 1799)

" Life is a disease; and the only diference between one another is the stage of the disease at which he lives. "

George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" Each of us bears his own Hell. "

Virgil, Aeneid Roman epic poet (70 BC – 19 BC)

" Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. "

Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 – 1965)

" Doubt is a feeling too lonely to know that faith is its twin. "

Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

" The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands. "

Alexander Penney

" When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income. "

Plato, The Republic Greek author & philosopher in Athens (427 BC – 347 BC)

" It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf. "

H. L. Mencken US editor (1880 – 1956)

" Never argue with a fool. Someone watching may not be able to tell the difference. "

Anonymous

" If happiness could be brought, few of us could pay the price. "

Author Unknown

" There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he who thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool. "

C. C. Colton

" The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. "

F. Scott Fitzgerald US novelist (1896 – 1940)

" A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her…but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account. "

W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence English dramatist & novelist (1874 – 1965)

" Be neither too remote nor too familiar. "

Prince Charles, of Wales British prince (1948 – )

" A contented mind is a continual feast. "

American Proverb

" All for ourselves and nothing for other people seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind. "

Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, 1776

" Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. "

Sir James Barrie

" If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact – not to be solved, but to be coped with over time. "

Shimon Peres Israeli (Polish-born) politician (1923 – )

" Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art…It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. "

C. S. Lewis English essayist & juvenile novelist (1898 – 1963)

" Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin. "

Stanislaw J. Lec, “Unkempt Thoughts” Polish writer (1909 – 1966)

" The best leader is the one who has the sense to surround himself with outstanding people and self-restraint not to meddle with how they do their jobs. "

Author Unknown

" If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long. "

Gloria Steinem US feminist (1934 – )

" It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. "

Confucius Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC – 479 BC)

" The best remedy for a bruised heart is not, as so many people seem to think, repose upon a manly bosom. Much more efficacious are honest work, physical activity, and sudden acquisition of wealth. "

Dorothy Sayers

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