Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven nothing. Great short quote and quotation by: George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) “Maxims for Revolutionists” , Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)
[Abstract art is] a product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered. Great short quote and quotation by: Al Capp , US cartoonist (1909 – 1979)
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[Common sense] is the best sense I know of. Great short quote and quotation by: Lord Chesterfield , (1694 – 1773)
[End of diatribe. We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming…] Great short quote and quotation by: Larry Wall in Configure from the perl distribution ,
[George Bush] has raised taxes on the people driving pickup trucks and lowered taxes on the people riding in limousines. We can do better. Great short quote and quotation by: Bill Clinton, Democratic National Convention, July 16, 1992 , 42nd president of the United States (1946 – )
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[He was] a solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg who looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity. Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain , US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)
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[Humanity] has unquestionably one really effective weapon?laughter. Power, money, persuasion, supplication, persecution?these can lift at a colossal humbug?push it a little?weaken it a little, century by century; but only laughter can blow it to rags and atoms at a blast. Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand. Great short quote and quotation by: Mark […]
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[Long hair] is considered bohemian, which may be why I grew it, but I keep it long because I love the way it feels, part cloak, part fan, part mane, part security blanket. Great short quote and quotation by: Marge Piercy ,
[Mankind] is governed by minorities, seldom or never by majorities. It suppresses its feelings and its beliefs and follows the handful that makes the most noise. Sometimes the noisy handful is right, sometimes wrong, but no matter, the crowd follows it. Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger, Chapter IX , […]
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[Medicine is] a collection of uncertain prescriptions the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind. Great short quote and quotation by: Napoleon Bonaparte , French general & politician (1769 – 1821)
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