Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth. Votes: 15
Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth. Votes: 8
Ministers fall like buttered slices of bread: usually on their good side. Votes: 7
The difference between Liberty and liberties is as great as God and gods. Votes: 5
Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy. Votes: 4
If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little. Votes: 4
Governments are the sails, the people the wind, the country is the ship and time is the sea. Votes: 3
Nothing endures except change; nothing is constant except death. Every heartbeat wounds us, and life would be an eternal bleeding to death, were it not for literature. It grants us what nature does not: a golden time that doesn't rust, a springtime that never wilts, cloudless happiness and eternal youth. [my translation] Votes: 2
Women are most adorable when they are afraid; that's why they frighten so easily. Votes: 2
Because I was born a slave, I love liberty more than you. Votes: 0
History teaches us virtue, but nature never ceases to teachh us vice. Votes: 0
If you must hate, if hatred is the leaven of your life, which alone can give flavor, then hate what should be hated: falsehood, violence, selfishness. Votes: 0
Nothing is lasting but change; nothing perpetual but death. Votes: 0
Nought endures but change. Votes: 0
Only the suppressed word is dangerous. Votes: 0
The most dangerous person is the fearful; he is the most to be feared. Votes: 0
The secret of power is the knowledge that others are more cowardly than you are. Votes: 0
To be original you must listen to the voice of your heart rather than the clamor of the world - and have the courage to teach publicly what you have learned. The source of all genius is sincerity; men would be wiser if they were more moral. Votes: 0
You are not loved when you are lovely, but when you are loved you are found to be lovely. Votes: 0