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There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a way the consciousness of which is so unpleasant to him in later life that he would gladly, if he could, expunge it from his memory.
Marcel Proust1871–1922
The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality.
James A. Michener1907–1997
The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it appears that there have been ‘great changes.’
Marcel Proust1871–1922
- Change
I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.
Mae West1893–1980
While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced.
J. B. S. Haldane1892–1964
The variety of all things forms a pleasure.
Euripides481–407 BC
One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.
Booker T. Washington1856–1915An Address on Abraham Lincoln before the Republican Club of New York City (12 February 1909)
The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.
DLDoug Larson1926–2017
To err is human⁠—but it feels divine.
Mae West1893–1980
A reasonable man adapts himself to his environment. An unreasonable man persists in attempting to adapt his environment to suit himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
George Bernard Shaw1856–1950
Never murder a man who is committing suicide.
Woodrow Wilson1856–1924Letter to Bernard Baruch (19 August 1916), PWW 38:51
Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.
Scott Adams1957–2026
- Forgiveness
A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
Euripides481–407 BCFrg. 32 (Bartlett’s, 1892)
Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to go on asking them.
FCFrank Moore Colby1865–1925
Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.
Bill Gatesborn 1955