Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

Life, Like a child, laughs shaking its rattle of death as it runs.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

In art, as in love, instinct is enogh.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

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

The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.