Give me liberty, or give me death., Patrick Henry, a speech before the American Revolution, US orator, patriot, politician in American Revolution (1736 1799)
If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared., Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian dramatist, historian, philosopher (1469 1527)
Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire., Arab Proverb,
To us, the moment 08:17:00 A.M. means something something very important, if it happens to be the starting time of our daily train. To our ancestors, such an odd eccentric instant was without significance did not even exist. In inventing the locomotive, Watt and Stevenson were part inventors of time., Aldous Huxley, English critic novelist (1894 1963)
Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash., Dr. Joyce Brothers, US psychologist television personality (1928 )
If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence., Bertrand Russell, British author, mathematician, philosopher (1872 1970)