Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

A woman has reached reaal women's-lib status when she is the one who forgers the wedding Aniversary

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.