, : Basic research is when I'm doing what I don't know what I'm doing. Wernher von Braun, German-American aerospace engineer and a pioneer of rocket technology and space science in the U.S., 1912-1977) ()

, : The way in which we think of ourselves has everything to do with how our world sees us. ()

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, : I never said I want to be alone. I only said,I want to be left alone. There is all the difference. Greta Garbp. Swedish-American film actress, 1905-1990) ()

, : A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind. John Neal, U.S. architect, lawyer, author and art critic, 1793-1876) ()

, : Winston [Churchill] devoted the best years of his life to preparing his impromptu speeches. F.E. Smith, British politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, and close friend of Winston Churchill, 1870-1930) ()

, Aeschylus : He hears but half who hears one party only. (Aeschylus, ancient Greek tragedian who is often described as the 'Father of Tragedy, 525-456 B.C.E. )

, Aeschylus : If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. (Desmond Tutu, South African clergyman, Born 1931Injustice: If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. (Desmond Tutu, South African clergyman, Born 1931Peace: Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. (Aeschylus, ancient Greek playwright, 525-456 BC)

, Aeschylus : Fear is stronger than arms. (Aeschylus, Greek tragedian, 525-456 B.C.E.)

, Aeschylus : Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. (Aeschylus, ancient Greek playwright, 525-456 BC)

, Aesop : We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. (Aesop, ancient Greek storyteller, 620-564 BCE)

, Aesop : We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. (Aesop, ancient Greek storyteller, 620-564 BCE)

, Aesop : We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. (Aesop, ancient Greek storyteller, 620-564 BCE)

, Anonymous : A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure. (Anonymous)

, Archimedes : Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth. (Archimedes, Greek inventor, physicist, and engineer, c. 287-212 BCE)

, Archimedes : Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth. (Archimedes, Greek inventor, physicist, and engineer, c. 287-212 BCE)

, Aristophanes : By words the mind is winged. (Aristophanes, Greek comic playwright of ancient Athens, 447-386 B.C.E.)

, Aristophanes : You cannot make a crab walk straight. (Aristophanes, Greek comic playwright of ancient Athens, 447-386 B.C.E.)

, Aristophanes : By words the mind is winged. (Aristophanes, Greek comic playwright of ancient Athens, 447-386 B.C.E.)

, Aristotle : It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. (Aristotle, ancient Greek philosopher, scientist,and a member of Plato's Academy, 384-322 BCE)

, Aristotle : Memory is the scribe of the soul. (Aristotle, ancient Greek philosopher, scientist,and a member of Plato's Academy, 384-322 BCE)

, Aristotle : Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. (Aristotle, ancient Greek philosopher, scientist,and a member of Plato's Academy, 384-322 BCE)

, Aristotle : It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. (Aristotle, ancient Greek philosopher, scientist,and a member of Plato's Academy, 384-322 BCE)

, Aristotle : Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit. (Aristotle, ancient Greek philosopher, scientist,and a member of Plato's Academy, 384-322 BCE)

, Aristotle : Evil brings men together. (Aristotle, ancient Greek philosopher, scientist,and a member of Plato's Academy, 384-322 BCE)

, Aristotle : Happiness depends upon ourselves. (Aristotle, ancient Greek philosopher, scientist,and a member of Plato's Academy, 384-322 BCE)

, Aristotle : What lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. (Aristotle, Greek philosopher and scientist who, along with Plato, is considered the 'Father of Western Philosophy,' 384-322 BCE)

, Aristotle : I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies. (Aristotle, Greek philosopher and scientist who, along with Plato, is considered the 'Father of Western Philosophy,' 384-322 BCE)

, Aristotle : Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. (Aristotle, ancient Greek philosopher, scientist,and a member of Plato's Academy, 384-322 BCE)

, Cato-the-elder : An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes. (Cato-The-Elder, Roman senator and historian who was the first to write history in Latin, 234-149 BCE)

, Charlemagne : To know another language is to have a second soul. (Charlemagne, King of the Franks who united most of western Europe during the early Middle Ages, 742-814)

, Cicero : When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff. (Cicero, Roman philosopher, politician, 106 BCE-43 AD)

, Cicero : We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free. (Cicero, Roman philosopher, politician, 106 BCE-43 AD)

, Cicero : No power is strong enough to be lasting if it labors under the weight of fear. (Cicero, Roman statesman, orator, lawyer, and philosopher, 106-43 B.C.E.)

, Cicero : I shall always consider the best guesser the best prophet. (Cicero, Roman statesman, orator, lawyer and philosopher, 106-43 B.C.E.)

, Cicero : Thou should not eat to live; not live to eat. (Cicero, Roman philosopher, politician, 106 BCE-43 AD)

, Cicero : The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living. (Cicero, Roman philosopher, politician, 106 BCE-43 AD)

, Cicero : It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness. (Cicero, Roman philosopher, politician, 106 BCE-43 AD)

, Cicero : Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable. (Cicero, Roman statesman, orator, lawyer and philosopher, 106-43 B.C.E.)

, Confucius : If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand. (Confucius, Chinese philosopher and teacher, c. 551-478 BCE)

, Confucius : To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it. (Confucius, Chinese philosopher and teacher, c. 551-478 BCE)

, Confucius : To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice. (Confucius, Chinese philosopher and teacher, c. 551-478 BCE)

, Confucius : Read one thousand books AND walk one thousand miles. (Confucius, Chinese philosopher and teacher, c. 551-478 BCE)

, Confucius : Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see. (Confucius, Chinese philosopher and teacher, c. 551-478 BCE)

, Confucius : Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass. (Confucius, Chinese philosopher and teacher, c. 551-478 BCE)

, Confucius : Don't do onto others what you would not want done onto you. (Confucius, Chinese philosopher and teacher, c. 551-478 BCE)

, Confucius : The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. (Confucius, Chinese philosopher and teacher, c. 551-478 BCE)

, Confucius : The superior man is modest in his speech, but excels in his actions. (Confucius, Chinese philosopher and teacher, c. 551-478 BCE)

, Confucius : The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. (Confucius, Chinese philosopher and teacher, c. 551-478 BCE)

, Confucius : Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished. (Confucius, Chinese philosopher and teacher, c. 551-478 BCE)

, Confucius : Study the past if you divine the future. (Confucius, Chinese philosopher and teacher, c. 551-478 BCE)

, Confucius : When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self. (Confucius, Chinese philosopher and teacher, c. 551-478 BCE)

, Confucius : The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell. (Confucius, Chinese philosopher and teacher, c. 551-478 BCE)

, Daghammarskjold : Only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road. (DagHammarskjold, Swedish diplomat, economist, and author, who served as the second Secretary-General of theUnited Nations, 1905-1961)

, Daghammarskjold : Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your own experience or conviction. (DagHammarskjold, Swedish diplomat, economist, and author, who served as the second Secretary-General of theUnited Nations, 1905-1961)

, Daghammarskjold : If only I may grow firmer, simpler -- quieter, warmer. (DagHammarskjold, Swedish diplomat, economist, and author, who served as the second Secretary-General of theUnited Nations, 1905-1961)

, Dionysus : Angry gods should not act just like humans. (Dionysus, Greek mythical god who may have been worshipped as early as c.1500-1100 BCE)

, Edward : The thing that impresses me most about North America is the way parents obey their children. (Edward, Duke of Windsor, King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, 1894-1972)

, Epicetus : Nature has given to men one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak. (Epicetus, Greek Stoic philosopher, 55 A.D.-135 A.D.)

, Epicetus : recovery are both from within. (Epicetus, Greek Stoic philosopher, 55 A.D.-135 A.D.)

, Epicetus : No man is free who is not master of himself. (Epicetus, Greek Stoic teacher and philosopher, 55 A.D.-135 A.D.)

, Epictetus : We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. (Epictetus, Greek Stoic philosopher, 55-135 A.D,)

, Epictetus : Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. (Epictetus, Greek Stoic philosopher, 55-135 A.D,)

, Epictetus : If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please. (Epictetus, Greek Stoic philosopher, 55-135 A.D,)

, Epictetus : man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. (Epictetus, Greek Stoic philosopher, 55-135 A.D,)

, Epictetus : A recognition of the conflicts between men, a search for their cause, a condemnation of mere opinion .. . and the discovery of a standard of judgment. (Epictetus, Greek Stoic philosopher, 55-135 A.D.)

, Epictetus : All philosophy in two words - sustain and abstain. (Epictetus, Greek Stoic philosopher, 55-135 A.D,)

, Epicurus : It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help. (Epicurus, ancient Greek philosopher who founded the school of philosophy called Epicureanism, c. 341-270 BCE)

, Erasmus : Prevention is better than cure. (Erasmus, Dutch philosopher and Christian humanist whose works were later influential in the Christian Reformation movement, 1466-1536)

, Euripides : Among mortals, second thoughts are wisest. (Euripides, ancient Greek dramatist, c. 480--c. 406 BCE)

, Gallus : Reason can in general do more than blind force. (Gallus, Roman Emperor, in a joint rule with his son Volusianus, 206-263 A.D.)

, Gandhi : Capitalism desacralizes nature and makes it a commodity for exploitation and profit. (Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

, Goethe : The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them (Goethe, German writer and statesman, 1749-1832)

, Goethe : I call architecture 'petrified music'. (Goethe, German writer and statesman, 1749-1832)

, Hafez : Spiritual truth is universal; as such, it is the property of no one religion. (Hafez, Persian poet, 1315-1390)

, Hafez : There is no pleasure without a tincture of bitterness. (Hafez, Persian poet whose work is said to have influenced post-14th century Persian writing more than any other author, 1315-1390)

, Hannibal : We will either find a way, or make one. (Hannibal, Carthaginian general, considered one of the greatest military commanders in history, 247-183 BCE)

, Heraclitus : Character is Destiny. (Heraclitus, Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, and a native of the city of Ephesus, then part of the Persian Empire, 535-475 BCE)

, Heraclitus : Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play. (Heraclitus, Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, and a native of the city of Ephesus, then part of the Persian Empire, 535-475 BCE)

, Horace : He has half the deed done who has made a beginning. (Horace, Roman lyric poet and satirist, 65 to 8 BCE)

, Horace : If a better system is thine, impart it; if not, make use of mine. (Horace, Roman lyric poet and satirist, 65 to 8 BCE)

, Horace : Well begun is half done. (Horace, Roman lyric poet and satirist, 65 to 8 BCE)

, Horace : A picture is a poem without words. (Horace, Roman lyric poet and satirist, 65 to 8 BCE)

, Horace : Force without wisdom falls of its own weight. (Horace, Roman lyric poet and satirist, 65 to 8 BCE)

, Horace : He who is greedy is always in want. (Horace, Roman lyric poet and satirist, 65 to 8 BCE)

, Juvenal : Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown. (Juvenal, Roman poet, died 130 A.D.)

, Juvenal : Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior. (Juvenal, Roman poet active in the late first and early second century A.D.)

, Kabir : All know that the drop merges into the ocean but few know that the ocean merges into the drop. (Kabir, Indian mystic poet and saint, whose writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement and his verses are found in Sikhism's scripture, 1440-1518)

, Kabir : The arrogance of reason has separated us from the essence of love. (Kabir, Indian mystic poet and saint, whose writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement and his verses are found in Sikhism's scripture, 1440-1518)

, Lao-tzu : He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty, (Lao-Tzu, Chinese philosopher, writer, and founder of the philosophical Taoism, 604-531 B.C.E.)

, Mencius : People neglect their own fields and go weed the fields of others. (Mencius, Chinese Confucian philosopher, 372 - 289 BCE)

, Mohammed : A man's true wealth is the good he does in this world. (Mohammed, Arab religious, social and political leader and the founder and prophet of Islam, 570-632 B.C.E.)

, Moliere : It is not alone what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable. (Moliere, French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and universal literature, 1622-1673)

, Moliere : The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit. (Moliere, French actor and playwright, 1622-1673)

, Moliere : It is not what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable. (Moliere, French actor and playwright, 1622-1673)

, Moliere : It is not what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable. (Moliere, French actor and playwright, 1622-1673)

, Moliere : It is not just what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable. (Moliere, French actor and playwright, 1622-1673)

, Moliere : The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit. (Moliere, French actor and playwright, 1622-1673)

, Montesquieu : If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman ... because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French. (Montesquieu, French philosopher, lawyer, and writer, 1689-1755)

, Osho : Remain in wonder if you want the mysteries to open up for you. Mysteries never open up for those who go on questioning. Answers are dangerous, for they kill your wonder. (Osho, Indian mystic, guru, and spiritual teacher, 1931-1990)

, Osho : Unless you have the courage to doubt you will never come to know the truth. (Osho, Indian mystic, guru, and spiritual teacher, 1931-1990)

, Ovid : Luck affects everything. Let your hook be always cast. In the stream where you least expect it; there will be fish. (Ovid, Roman poet, a contemporary of the older Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature, 43 BCE-17 AD)

, Ovid : The crop always seems better in our neighbor's field, and our neighbor's cow gives more milk. (Ovid, Roman poet, a contemporary of the older Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature, 43 BCE-17 AD)

, Pericles : Master, I marvel how the fishes live in the sea. Why, as men do — do the great ones eat up the little ones? (Pericles, Greek statesman and orator, 495-429 BCE)

, Pericles : What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. (Pericles, Greek statesman and orator, 495-429 BCE)

, Pericles : Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you. (Pericles, Greek statesman and orator, 495-429 BCE)

, Pericles : What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. (Pericles, Greek statesman and orator, 495-429 BCE)

, Platitude : You never feel so alive as when you are close to death. (Platitude)

, Plato : We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. (Plato, Greek philosopher and founder of the Academy in Athens, 428-347 BCE)

, Plato : Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. (Plato, Greek philosopher and founder of the Academy in Athens, 428-347 BCE)

, Plato : He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it. (Plato, Greek philosopher and founder of the Academy in Athens, 428-347 BCE)

, Plato : Only the dead have seen the end of war. (Plato, Greek philosopher and founder of the Academy in Athens, 428-347 BCE)

, Plato : Every man is a poet when he is in love. (Plato, Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, and founder of the Academy in Athens, c. 428/427 – 348/347 B.C.E.)

, Plato : I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning. (Plato, Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, and founder of the Academy in Athens, c. 428/427 – 348/347 B.C.E.)

, Plato : States are as the men are; they grow out of human characters. (Plato, Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, and founder of the Academy in Athens, c. 428/427 – 348/347 B.C.E.)

, Plato : Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. (Plato, Greek philosopher and founder of the Academy in Athens, 428-347 BCE)

, Plato : Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden. (Plato, Greek philosopher and founder of the Academy in Athens, 428-347 BCE)

, Plato : Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men. (Plato, Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, and founder of the Academy in Athens, c. 428/427 – 348/347 B.C.E.)

, Plato : Necessity, who is the mother of our invention. (Plato, Greek philosopher and founder of the Academy in Athens, 428-347 BCE)

, Platus : I count him lost, who is lost to shame. (Platus, Roman playwright whose comedies are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety, 254 B.C.E.–184 B.C.E.)

, Platus : No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives. (Platus, Roman playwright whose comedies are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety, c. 254–184 B.C.E.)

, Plautus : In everything the middle course is best: all things in excess bring trouble to men. (Plautus, Roman playwright whose comedies have survived in their entirety, 254-184 B.C.E.)

, Plutarch : The wildest colts make the best horses. (Plutarch, Greek biographer and essayist, 45-120 CE)

, Polybius : There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man. (Polybius, Greek historian of the Hellenistic period, 200-118 BCE)

, Propertius : Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent. (Propertius, Latin elegiac poet, who is regarded by scholars today as a major poet, c. 50-45 - 15 B.C.E.)

, Proverb : All would live long, but none would be old. (Proverb)

, Proverb : A rainbow in the morning Is the Shepherd's warning; But a rainbow at night Is the Shepherd's delight. (Proverb)

, Proverb : When foxes guard the henhouses, the hens don't flourish. (Proverb)

, Proverb : Every time history repeats itself, the price goes up. (Proverb)

, Proverb : What is the use of running when you are on the wrong road? (Proverb)

, Pythagoras : Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence. (Pythagoras, Ionian Greek philosopher and mathematician, who is best known for the Pythagorean theorem and whose ideas are said to have had a marked influence on Plato, c.570–495 BCE)

, Rumi : Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. Enjoy this bewilderment. It leads us to a wondrous path of being able to negotiate, to engage in dialogue, and to make compromises on a daily basis. (Rumi, Persian poet, jurist, and theologian, 1207-1273)

, Rumi : There is a field beyond all notions of right and wrong. Come, meet me there. (Rumi, Persian poet, jurist, and theologian, 1207-1273)

, Rumi : Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right-doing there is a field. I'll meet you there. (Rumi, Persian poet, jurist, and theologian, 1207-1273)

, Rumi : Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. It leads us to a wondrous path of being able to negotiate, to engage in dialogue, and to make compromises on a daily basis. (Rumi, Persian poet, jurist, and theologian, 1207-1273)

, Saki : In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse. (Saki, [AKA Hector Hugh Monro], British writer considered as a master of the short story, 1870-1916)

, Saki : Poverty keeps together more homes than it breaks up. (Saki, [AKA Hector Hugh Monro], British writer considered as a master of the short story, 1870-1916)

, Sallust : Necessity makes even the timid brave. (Sallust, Roman politician and historian, with surviving works to his name, 86- c. 35 B.C.E. )

, Seneca : He who has great power should use it lightly. (Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist, c. 4 B.C.E.–A.D. 65)

, Seneca : Men learn while they teach. (Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist, c. 4 BCE–AD 65)

, Seneca : The greatest remedy for anger is delay. (Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist, c. 4 BCE–AD 65)

, Seneca : Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. (Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist, c. 4 BCE–AD 65)

, Seneca : One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood. (Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist, c. 4 BCE–AD 65)

, Seneca : Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness. (Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist, c. 4 BCE–AD 65)

, Seneca : When you don't know what harbor you're aiming for, no wind is the right wind. (Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist, c. 4 BCE–AD 65)

, Seneca : Man is a social animal. (Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist, c. 4 BCE–AD 65)

, Seneca : What once were vices are now manners. (Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist, c. 4 BCE–AD 65)

, Seneca : A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature. (Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist, c. 4 BCE–AD 65)

, Seneca : Greed's worst point is its ingratitude. (Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist, c. 4 BCE–AD 65)

, Seneca : Wickedness never fails of doing justice upon itself; for every guilty person is his own hangman. (Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist, c. 4 BCE–AD 65)

, Seneca : Speech is the index of the mind. (Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist, c. 4 B.C.E.–A.D. 65)

, Seneca : Revenge is an inhuman word. (Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist, c. 4 B.C.E.–A.D. 65)

, Seneca : Fate rules the affairs of mankind with no recognizable order. (Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist, c. 4 BCE–AD 65)

, Simonides : Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting with the gift of speech. (Simonides, Greek lyric poet, c. 556-468 BCE)

, Socrates : From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate. (Socrates, classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, 470-399 BCE)

, Socrates : I am not an Athenian, nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world. (Socrates, classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, 470-399 BCE)

, Socrates : Four things belong to a judge: to hear courteously, to answer wisely, to consider soberly, and to decide impartially. (Socrates, classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, 470-399 BCE)

, Socrates : I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world. (Socrates, classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, 470-399 BCE)

, Socrates : I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think. (Socrates, classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, 470-399 BCE)

, Socrates : The unexamined life is not worth living. (Socrates, classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher of the Western ethical tradition of thought, c. 470-399 B.C.E.)

, Socrates : An unexamined life is not worth living. (Socrates, classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, 470-399 BCE)

, Socrates : Four things belong to a judge to hear courteously, to answer wisely, to consider soberly, and to decide impartially. (Socrates, classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, 470-399 BCE)

, Sophocles : The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. (Sophocles, one of three ancient Greek tragedians - along with Aeschylus and Euripides - whose plays have survived, 496-406 BCE)

, Sophocles : Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act. (Sophocles, one of three [ancient Greek playwrights [Aeschylus and Euripides] who wrote over 120 plays, a few of which have survived, 496-406 B.C.E.)

, Sophocles : Chance never helps those who do not help themselves. (Sophocles, one of three ancient Greek tragedians - along with Aeschylus and Euripides - whose plays have survived, 496-406 BCE)

, Stendhal : One can acquire everything in solitude but character. (Stendhal, French writer, 1783-1842)

, Syrus : It is a good thing to learn caution by the misfortunes of others. (Syrus, Greek son (of and Apollo and Synope) after whom the Syrians are named)

, Syrus : Some remedies are worse than the disease. (Syrus, Greek son (of and Apollo and Synope) after whom the Syrians are named)

, Tacitus : Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions. (Tacitus, Roman senator and historian, known for his penetrating insights into the psychology of power politics, 56-117 A.D. )

, Tacitus : The more corrupt the state, the more laws. (Tacitus, senator and a historian of the Roman Empire, 56-120 AD)

, Tacitus : The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise. (Tacitus, senator and a historian of the Roman Empire, 56-120 AD)

, Tacitus : The worst hatred is that of relatives. (Tacitus, historian and senator of the Roman Empire, known for his penetrating insights into the psychology of power politics, 56-117 A.D.)

, Terence : I am a man; I count nothing human foreign to me. (Terence, Roman playwright, of Berber descent, 195-159 B.C.E)

, Tertullian : Hope is patience with the lamp lit. (Tertullian, African Berber Christian author who has been called “the founder of Western theology”, 160 A.D.-220 A.D.)

, Vauvenargues : Simple truths are a relief from grand speculations. (Vauvenargues, French writer, 1715-1747)

, Vauvenargues : There is nothing that fear or hope does not make men believe. (Vauvenargues, French writer and moralist, 1715-1747)

, Virgil : They are able because they think they are able. (Virgil, Roman poet who wrote three of the most famous poems in Latin literature, 70 – 19 B.C.E.)

, Virgil : They are able because they think they are able. (Virgil, ancient Roman poet, 70 BCE-1778)

, Virgil : Fortune sides with him who dares. (Virgil, Roman poet who wrote three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid, 70--19 B.C.E.)

, Voltaire : It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : Perfection is the enemy of good. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : Perfect can be the enemy of good. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : Fear succeeds crime - it is its punishment. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : A good imitation is the most perfect originality. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth. (Archimedes, Greek inventor, physicist, and engineer, c. 287-212 BCEOpportunity: Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth. (Archimedes, Greek inventor, physicist, and engineer, c. 287-212 BCEExtremism: Perfect can be the enemy of good. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : Luck is a word devoid of sense; nothing can exist without a cause. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : God created sex; priests created marriage. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : Better is the enemy of the good. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, and an advocate for separation of church and state, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : History is a pack of lies we play on the dead. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : It is forbidden to kill; therefore, all murderers are puniished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : If there had been a censorship of the press in Rome, we should have had today neither Horace nor Juvenal, nor the philosophical writings of Cicero. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : Think for yourself and let others enjoy the right to do the same. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : Common sense is not so common. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important objects of philosophy. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, and advocacy for separation of church and state, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : God is a circle whose centre is everywhere and circumference nowhere. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : Better is the enemy of the good. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, and an advocate for separation of church and state, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, and an advocate for separation of church and state, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, and an advocate for separation of church and state, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. It is not enough that a thing be possible for it to be believed. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, and an advocate for separation of church and state, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Voltaire : Those who have the ability to make you believe absurdities have the ability to make you commit atrocities. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

, Xenophon : The sweetest of all sounds is praise. (Xenophon, Greek philosopher, historian, soldier, mercenary, and student of Socrates, 430-354 B.C.E.)

, Yogananda : The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success. (Yogananda, Indian yogi and guru who introduced millions of westerners to the teaching of meditation and Kriya Yoga, 1893-1952)