" One murder makes a villain, millions a hero. "

Beilby Porteus, Death, A Poem

" I have been called the most powerful woman in the world, but I have on occasion lacked even the power of speech, because although we have crossed the threshold into a new century, there are still too many questions for which we have no answers. "

Madeleine K. Albright, Farewell Remarks at U.S. Department of State; January 19, 2001; Washington, DC

" There is timing in the whole life of the warrior, in his thriving and declining, in his harmony and discord. Similarly, there is timing in the Way of the merchant, in the rise and fall of capital. All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this. "

Miyamoto Musashi

" Virtue is indeed its own reward. "

Claudianus

" Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. "

William Shakespeare, Hamlet, 1600 Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 – 1616)

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" If love is the answer, could you rephrase the question? "

Lily Tomlin US actress & comedienne (1939 – )

" An honest election, under democracy, is an act of innocence which does not take place more than once in the history of a given nation. "

Jose Marie Gil Robles, speech in Madrid, 1933

" I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult. "

E. B. White US author & humorist (1899 – 1985)

" Hope smiles on the threshold of the year to come, whispering that it will be happier. "

Alfred Lord Tennyson English poet (1809 – 1892)

" Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress. "

Mahatma Gandhi Indian ascetic & nationalist leader (1869 – 1948)

" Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace. "

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" The future will be better tomorrow. "

Dan Quayle US Republican politician (1947 – )

" Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. "

Author Unknown

" Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. "

Chinese Proverb

" To be silent the whole day long, see no newspaper, hear no radio, listen to no gossip, be thoroughly and completely lazy, thoroughly and completely indifferent to the fate of the world is the finest medicine a man can give himself. "

Henry Miller, The Colossus of Maroussi US author (1891 – 1980)

" The basis of a democratic state is liberty. "

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

" Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting with the gift of speech. "

Simonides Greek poet (556 BC – 468 BC)

" No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. "

Aesop, The Lion and the Mouse Greek slave & fable author (620 BC – 560 BC)

" The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. "

Samuel Butler English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" Hatred does not cease in this world by hating, but by not hating; this is an eternal truth. "

Buddha, The Dhammapada Indian philosopher & religious leader (563 BC – 483 BC)

" When you control the ball, you control the score. "

Pele

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

Sam Brown, Washington Post, 1977

" Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable. "

Raymond Chandler US detective novelist & screenwriter (1888 – 1959)

" He who has not a good memory should never take upon himself the trade of lying. "

Michel de Montaigne French essayist (1533 – 1592)

" Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. "

Eric Hoffer (1902 – 1983)

" The wise man will love; all others will desire. "

Afranius

" There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. "

Bill Clinton 42nd president of the United States (1946 – )

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