Posted by: Silvana Stremiz
in Quotes & Aphorisms (Behavior)
Anyone can be reasonable, but being mentally sane is rare.
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Anyone can be reasonable, but being mentally sane is rare.
I never make exceptions. An exception disproves the rule.
Common sense is a judgement formulated without being though of, shared by an entire class, an entire nation, or by humanity in its entirety.
The slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown. He must then dominate.
If I were sure of having to share immortality with certain people, I'd rather an oblivion in separate rooms.
Only a very kind woman is capable of doing something very dumb.
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.
Man's history is firstly and mainly a history of courage: proof that lacking courage you don't do anything, that if you don't have courage not even intelligence can help.
Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty.