QUOTATIONS: from The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Time (In Two Lines or Less!) book.
The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Time (In Two Lines or Less) : Edited by John M. Shanahan
Edited to add: Erm. This was actually supposed to go elsewhere, but then I realized that it's here and I like it. Sorry for not putting most of it under a cut earlier. I spam friendslists.
"Fortune does not change men; it unmasks them."
~ Suzanne Necker 1739-1794
"He who is most creative conceals his sources the best."
~ Anonymous.
"It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place."
~ Henri Louis Mencken 1880-1956
"Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that somebody may be looking."
~ Henri Louis Mencken 1880-1956
"When we ask advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice."
~ Charles Varlet Marquis de La Grange 1639-1692.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
~Oscar Wilde, and I find it ironic that I'm quoting this....
"Wit makes its own welcome and levels all distinctions."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882
"It is no tragedy to do ungrateful people favors, but it is unbearable to be indebted to a scoundrel."
~ Francois, Duc de La Rochefaucauld 1613-1680
"We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us."
~ Dr. Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784.
"Clever liars give details, but the cleverest don't." ~Anonymous.
"Nobody forgets where they buried the hatchet."
~ Frank McKinney "Kin" Hubbard 1868-1930
"To the man who is afraid, everything rustles."
~ Sophocles (496-406 B.C.)
"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength."
~Eric Hoffer (1902-1983)
"Remember that in giving any reason at all for refusing, you lay the foundation for some future request."
~ Sir Arthur Helps (1813-1875)
Edited to add: Erm. This was actually supposed to go elsewhere, but then I realized that it's here and I like it. Sorry for not putting most of it under a cut earlier. I spam friendslists.
"Fortune does not change men; it unmasks them."
~ Suzanne Necker 1739-1794
"He who is most creative conceals his sources the best."
~ Anonymous.
"It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place."
~ Henri Louis Mencken 1880-1956
"Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that somebody may be looking."
~ Henri Louis Mencken 1880-1956
"When we ask advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice."
~ Charles Varlet Marquis de La Grange 1639-1692.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
~Oscar Wilde, and I find it ironic that I'm quoting this....
"Wit makes its own welcome and levels all distinctions."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882
"It is no tragedy to do ungrateful people favors, but it is unbearable to be indebted to a scoundrel."
~ Francois, Duc de La Rochefaucauld 1613-1680
"We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us."
~ Dr. Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784.
"Clever liars give details, but the cleverest don't." ~Anonymous.
"Nobody forgets where they buried the hatchet."
~ Frank McKinney "Kin" Hubbard 1868-1930
"To the man who is afraid, everything rustles."
~ Sophocles (496-406 B.C.)
"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength."
~Eric Hoffer (1902-1983)
"Remember that in giving any reason at all for refusing, you lay the foundation for some future request."
~ Sir Arthur Helps (1813-1875)