Life isnt simple. But the beauty of it is, you can always start over. Itll get easier. Alacia Bessette, Simply from Scratch, 2010 Life is indeed difficult, partly because of the real difficulties we must overcome in order to survive, and pa...

Liars1 when they speak the truth are not believed. Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent3 Philosophers Sometimes the lies you tell are less frightening than the loneliness you might feel if you stopped tellin...

Liberals are very broadminded: they are always willing to give careful consideration to both sides of the same side. Anonymous1 I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical2 to remove all that is bad. I se...

Abraham Lincoln and Millard Fillmore had the same title. They were both presidents of the United States, but their tenure1 in office and their legacy2 could not be more different. Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2...

Learning is not attained1 by chance, it must be sought for with ardor2 and attended to with diligence. Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818), 1780 It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends...

What luck for rulers that men do not think. Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945) The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without playing up to anyone - even to himself. Andre Malraux (1901 - 1976) The...

I dont think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble. Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976), An Autobiography1, 1977 Ambition is a poor exc...

Let me not be understood as saying that there are no bad laws, nor that grievances1 may not arise for the redress2 of which no legal provisions have been made. I mean to say no such thing. But I do mean to say that although bad laws, if the...

We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh. Agnes Repplier (1855 - 1950), Americans and Others, 1912 He deserves Paradise who makes his companions laugh. Anonymous1, (wrongly attributed to the Koran) We laugh a lot. Thats for su...

We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. [info][add][mail][note]Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818), letter to John Adams, 1774 He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met...