Plato

"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."

Martin Niemöller

First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.

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Spock

"Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end. You must have faith that the Universe will unfold as it should"

Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country

Japanese proverb

First the man takes a drink. Then the drink takes a drink. Then the drink takes the man.

John Kennedy

Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.

Milton S. Gould, U.S. attorney

When you soar like an eagle, you attract the hunters.

Robert Quillen

It's a great kindness to trust people with a secret. They feel so important while telling it.

Scottish proverb

Never let your feet run faster than your shoes.

G. K. Chesterton

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.

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Emily Lotney

A converted cannibal is one who, on Friday, eats only fishermen.

Japanese proverb

If you believe everything you read, better not read.

Oscar Wilde

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Cyrus Ching

I learned long ago never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

David Grayson

I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year. And thus I drift along into the holidays - let them overtake me unexpectedly - waking up some find morning and suddenly saying to myself: "Why, this is Christmas Day!"

Lewis Carroll

If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be;
but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.

Mark Twain

My works are like water. The works of the great masters are like wine. But everybody drinks water. - from his private notebook, 1885

Robert Southey

It is with words as with sunbeams -- the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.