"No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately."

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“The day of your birth is one day’s advance towards the grave.”

“All the opinions of the world agree in this, that pleasure is our end.”

“Je veux que la mort me trouve plantant mes choux.”

“He who should teach men to die would at the same time teach them to live.”

“C'est ce de quoi j'ai le plus de peur que la peur.”

“We are, I know not how, double in ourselves, which is the cause that what we believe we do not believe, and cannot disengage ourselves from what we condemn.”

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"A god is the idea of a god. The idea of a god is a god. The idea of Glycon is Glycon, if I can enhance that idea with an anaconda and a speaking tube, fair enough. I am unlikely to start believing tha…"

— Alan Moore

Literature1953

#justice

"Men always tell such silly lies."

— Agatha Christie

Literature1890–1976

#truth

"It not only opens up one’s mind to a wider array of things as well, but is also a welcome relief from the monotony of the mundane world."

— Gaurav Sharma (author)

Science1991

#mind

"I've always been fascinated with the one question: Did the Germans know? … The scariest book I ever bought was Mein Kampf. I bought it because I wanted to answer that question. The answer was "Yes, th…"

— Glenn Beck

Business1964

#life