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tiny.ag/ct4xj6gg · ★★☆☆ Fair (533 ratings) · submitted 1997
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
tiny.ag/la65dtiv · ★★☆☆ Fair (1022 ratings) · submitted 1998
It was involuntary. They sank my boat.
John F. Kennedy, (comment when asked about his heroism), in War and Peace
tiny.ag/7alftveq · ★★☆☆ Fair (550 ratings) · submitted 1997
I don't know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
tiny.ag/oxoy2gsu · ★★☆☆ Fair (480 ratings) · submitted 1997
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
tiny.ag/x06lwkz4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (555 ratings) · submitted 1997
Life's tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.
tiny.ag/rxe07t5e · ★★☆☆ Fair (506 ratings) · submitted 1997
Girls are like pianos. When they're not upright, they're grand.
tiny.ag/tmupilkz · ★★☆☆ Fair (504 ratings) · submitted 1997
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
tiny.ag/mgtvsjqa · ★★☆☆ Fair (415 ratings) · submitted 1997
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas Alva Edison, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/bjsd3gdi · ★★☆☆ Fair (3008 ratings) · submitted 1997
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
tiny.ag/b3ohbca1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (254 ratings) · submitted 1998
He who spends his time reading aphorisms of another to have one of his own, has no time or brains to have any of his own.
tiny.ag/qh2wpltu · ★★☆☆ Fair (384 ratings) · submitted 1997
All mankind loves a lover.
tiny.ag/uoqbw63r · ★★☆☆ Fair (517 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.
Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, in Science and Religion
tiny.ag/06lybgnu · ★★☆☆ Fair (313 ratings) · submitted 1998
Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is its own troubles.
Jesus Christ, (Matthew 6:34), in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/fg9hhljz · ★★☆☆ Fair (3686 ratings) · submitted 1997
Two things I cannot understand: myself and others.
tiny.ag/tldrjftc · ★★☆☆ Fair (1115 ratings) · submitted 1997
Riot: A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in War and Peace
tiny.ag/9qotdgih · ★★☆☆ Fair (684 ratings) · submitted 1999
Jesus may love you, but I think you're garbage wrapped in skin.
tiny.ag/kl7xzzq3 · ★★☆☆ Fair (1039 ratings) · submitted 1997
An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind.
tiny.ag/soebrnq6 · ★★☆☆ Fair (286 ratings) · submitted 1997
Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.
Sam Brown, (Washington Post, 1977), in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/2ohv3gf8 · ★★☆☆ Fair (403 ratings) · submitted 1997
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/nqhblasx · ★★☆☆ Fair (162 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is perfectly true that the government is best which governs least. It is equally true that the government is best which provides most.