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View AuthorA lot of people think, or at least feel, that anyone who does not share their habits and enthusiasms is an enemy. In matters of essential ideas, I find intransigence logical.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
View AuthorThere is nothing more unjust than seeking reward in justice.
Publius Syrus
View AuthorThe acquittal of the guilty is the condemnation of the judge.
Bertrand Russell
View AuthorSlander is always simple and plausible.
Bertrand Russell
View AuthorWhen you encounter opposition, even if it comes from your husband or your children, try to overcome it through reason and not authority, for a victory based on authority is unreal and illusory.
Bertrand Russell
View AuthorBe honest, even if the truth is inconvenient, for it becomes even more inconvenient when you try to hide it.
Muslih-Ud-Din Saadi
View AuthorExcessive severity breeds hatred, just as excessive indulgence weakens authority.
Jean Paul Sartre
View AuthorThe cowards are those who take shelter under the rules.
Friedrich Schiller
View AuthorSpeaking with a lot of courtesy sometimes wins people over and other times becomes cloying.
Arthur Schnitzler
View AuthorThe strength of character often amounts to nothing more than weakness of feelings.
Albert Schweitzer
View AuthorTo the question of whether I am optimistic or pessimistic, I respond that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my will and hope are optimistic.
Walter Scott
View AuthorHe who climbs a ladder must start at the first rung.