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Sun Tzu [Wu]: When envoys are...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: When envoys are...

When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a...

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Emile Zola: If I cannot...

Emile Zola: If I cannot...

If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.

Source:...

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Albert Camus: An achievement is...

Albert Camus: An achievement is...

An achievement is a bondage. It obliges one to a higher achievement.

Source: In The...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: One must still...

Friedrich Nietzsche: One must still...

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

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Charles Wesley: Hark, the herald...

Charles Wesley: Hark, the herald...

Hark, the herald angels sing,
Glory to the new-born king.
Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners...

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Georg Hegel: We do not...

Georg Hegel: We do not...

We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to...

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Epictetus: It is the...

Epictetus: It is the...

It is the sign of a dull mind to dwell upon the cares of the body, to prolong exercise, eating and drinking, and other...

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Ludwig Wittgenstein: Humor is not...

Ludwig Wittgenstein: Humor is not...

Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world. So if it is correct to say that humor was stamped out in Nazi...

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Lewis Carroll: Alice came to...

Lewis Carroll: Alice came to...

Alice came to a fork in the road. 'Which road do I take?' she asked. 'Where do you want to go?', responded the...

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George V: How is the...

George V: How is the...

How is the Empire?

Source: In The Times, 21 Jan 1936
-- George V, (Jun 3...

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Sigmund Freud: From error to...

Sigmund Freud: From error to...

From error to error one discovers the entire truth.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Carl Sagan: We live at...

Carl Sagan: We live at...

We live at a moment when our relationships to each other, and to all other beings with whom we share this planet, are...

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Carl Sagan: The gears of...

Carl Sagan: The gears of...

The gears of poverty, ignorance, hopelessness and low self-esteem interact to create a kind of perpetual failure...

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Stephen Leacock: Electricity is of...

Stephen Leacock: Electricity is of...

Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more...

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Stephen Leacock: It takes a...

Stephen Leacock: It takes a...

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a...

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Stephen Leacock: The classics are...

Stephen Leacock: The classics are...

The classics are only primitive literature. They belong in the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music...

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Stephen Leacock: A 'Grand Old...

Stephen Leacock: A 'Grand Old...

A 'Grand Old Man'. That means on our continent any one with snow white hair who has kept out of jail till...

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Benjamin Jowett: My dear child,...

Benjamin Jowett: My dear child,...

My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tell you.

Source: In...

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Christopher Lasch: Nothing succeeds like...

Christopher Lasch: Nothing succeeds like...

Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Catharine Esther Beecher: To open avenues...

Catharine Esther Beecher: To open avenues...

To open avenues to political place and power for all classes of women would cause [the] humble labors of the family...

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