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Socrates
The shortest and surest way
The shortest and surest way to live with honour in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be; and if we observe, we shall find, that all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice of them.
69
H. G. Wells
Non-violence is the policy of
Non-violence is the policy of the vegetable kingdom
103
Tupac Amaru Shakur
The only thing that comes
The only thing that comes to a sleeping man are dreams.
29
Marcel Proust
The voyage of discovery is
The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.
81
William Shakespeare
I pray thee cease thy
I pray thee cease thy counsel,
145
Joseph Weizenbaum
Man is not a machine...
Man is not a machine... Although man most certainly processes information, he does not necessarily process it in the way computers do. Computers and men are not species of the same genus... However much intelligence computers may attain, now or in the furture, theirs must always be an intelligence alien to genuine human problems and concerns.
61
George Bernard Shaw
Christianity might be a good
Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.
50
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Common sense is as rare
Common sense is as rare as genius.
165
Weisert
As far as we know,
As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error.
35
David Hume
Art may make a suit
Art may make a suit of clothes: but nature must produce a man.
84
Charles Lamb
I mean your borrowers of
I mean your borrowers of books - those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes.
98
Dave Matthews
The future is no place
The future is no place to place your better days.
19
James Boswell
I have found you an
I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
24
S. Weinstein
The chalk marks are transient,
The chalk marks are transient, the formulas eternal.
20
Richard Stubbs
Whoops is a word that
Whoops" is a word that should never be said by some professions - Pilots, Racing car drivers, and hair colourists come immediately to mind but Dentists also have to be up in the top five.
33
Frank McKinney Hubbard
Everything comes to him who
Everything comes to him who waits but a loaned book.
62
William Shakespeare
Thou art all the comfort,
Thou art all the comfort,
110
Weekend Update
Relative calm is expected in
Relative calm is expected in South Central Los Angeles for the next several weeks, as looters stay home and try to program their new VCRs.
16
Friedrich Nietzsche
Wisdom sets bounds even to
Wisdom sets bounds even to knowledge.
81
Gustave Flaubert
The one way of tolerating
The one way of tolerating existence is to lose oneself in literature as in a perpetual orgy.
45
William Shakespeare
I must be cruel only
I must be cruel only to be kind;
135
Prof. Larry Wasserman
Now let me explain why
Now let me explain why this makes intuitive sense.
16
Frank Zappa
I think it is good
I think it is good that books still exist, but they make me sleepy.
62
Katharine Hepburn
If you obey all the
If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.
49