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- The liar's punishment ... is that he cannot believe anyone else.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
- He who has never hoped can never despair.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
- Nothing ever is done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
- A chinese philosopher once had a dream that he was a butterfly. From that day on, he was never quite certain that he was not a butterfly, dreaming that he was a man.
- Unknown
- War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebums and smaller adrenal glands.
- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
- There was a young woman named Jenny,
Whose limericks weren't worth a penny. Her rhythm and rhyme Were perfectly fine But whenever she tried to write any, She always had one line too many. - Anonymous
- There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.
- Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982)
- Somebody once asked Niels Bohr why he had a horseshoe hanging above the front door of his house.
"Surely you, a world famous physicist, can't really believe that hanging a horseshoe above your door brings you luck?".
"Of course not," Bohr replied, "but I have been reliably informed that it will bring me luck whether I believe in it or not." - Neils Bohr
- Never judge a book by its movie.
- J.W. Eagan
- The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant.
- John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873), "On Liberty", 1859
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