If people concentrated on the really important things in life, thered be a shortage of fishing poles. – Doug Larson Category: Worth
Tis not in mortals to command success, but well do more, Sempronius, well deserve it. – Joseph Addison Category: Worth
Every woman is wrong until she cries, and then she is right – instantly. – Sam Slick (Thomas Chandler Haliburton) Category: Crying
No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true. – Oscar Wilde Category: Martyr, Martyrdom
Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency. – Raymond Chandler Category: Intelligence
The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell. – Simone Weil Category: Intelligence
