There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.
Author: Mark Twain
Source: Following the Equator (1897)
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Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
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When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
Author: Mark Twain
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When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.
Author: Winston Churchill
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In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their language.
Author: Mark Twain
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They can do all because they think they can.
Author: Virgil
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When he is best, he is a little worse than a man; and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: The Merchant of Venice", Act 1 scene 2
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Whatever it is, I fear Greeks even when they bring gifts.
Author: Virgil
Source: Aeneid
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I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.
Author: Winston Churchill
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Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
Author: Mark Twain
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He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray.
Author: Homer
Source: The Iliad
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Anything too stupid to be said is sung.
Author: Voltaire
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If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith.
Author: Albert Einstein
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There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
Author: Oscar Wilde
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
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The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.
Author: Albert Einstein
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The result justifies the deed. (Exitus acta probat)
Author: Ovid
Source: Heorides (c. 10 BC)
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Go, and never darken my towels again.
Author: Groucho Marx
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It is fun to be in the same decade with you.
Author: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Source: in a letter to Winston Churchill
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He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.
Author: William Shakespeare
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The only gift is a portion of thyself.
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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