Too cheerful a morality is a loose morality; it is appropriate only to decadent peoples and is found only among them. – Emile Durkheim Category: Optimism
How many pessimists end up by desiring the things they fear, in order to prove that they are right? – Robert Mallett, Apostilles, 1972 Category: Optimism
There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last. – Robert Louis Stevenson Category: Life
The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. – Denis Diderot Category: great
I have been a huge nerd to my kids. I havent done the cool movies that they like. With 24, I gained a lot of respect. 24 is now, its hip, its their generation. – Ricky Schroder Category: cool
