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1 When choosing between two evils, I always like to take the one I've never tried before. West, Mae 2010-08-19 22:55 add/edit
2 No man can reveal to you anything but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. Gibran, Kahlil 2010-08-19 22:29 add/edit
3 Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity. Freud, Sigmund English 2010-08-19 22:18 add/edit
4 Modern education is like being taken to the world's greatest restaurant & being forced to eat the menu. Gell-Mann, Murray English 2010-08-09 22:03 add/edit
5 Answers satisfy the mind, mysteries capture the heart. David Gate mystery, answer, emotion, knowledge, mind English 2010-08-08 21:03 add/edit
6 Questions last -- answers multiply and rot. Judge, Anthony English 2010-08-06 14:39 add/edit
7 No doubt? No dialogue! Judge, Anthony English 2010-08-06 14:34 add/edit
8 Tell me and I'll forget; Show me and I may remember; Involve me and I'll understand. Proverb, Chinese English 2010-07-18 22:48 add/edit
9 If money is the root of all evil, why do churches beg for it? (unknown) English 2010-07-12 18:23 add/edit
10 The Ten Commandments consist in observing human behaviour and then inserting a "not". Auden, W. H. English 2010-07-11 14:10 add/edit
11 If I had one hour to save the world, I would spend 55 minutes defining the problem and only five minutes finding the solution. Einstein, Albert English 2010-07-06 09:42 add/edit
12 Power is sex for the old. De Botton, Alain 20100510 English 2010-07-05 18:48 add/edit
13 Wise men talk because they have something to say; Fools talk because they have to say something. Plato 2010-07-05 18:46 add/edit
14 Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. Dick, Philip Kindred 2010-07-05 18:45 add/edit
15 If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans. Allen, Woody 2010-07-05 18:44 add/edit
16 The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. Russell, Bertrand psychology, intelligence, social, incompetence, confidence, doubt, Bertrand Russel 2010-06-30 18:40 add/edit
17 All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher. Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus) religion, politics, ignorance, philosophy, manipulation 2010-06-06 14:25 add/edit
18 One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. Plato English 2010-05-12 22:02 add/edit
19 Any man who would change the World in a significant way must have showmanship, a genial willingness to shed other people's blood, and a plausible new religion to introduce during the brief period of repentance and horror that usually follows bloodshed. Kurt Vonnegut English 2010-05-09 17:28 add/edit
20 God seems to be just another unconfirmed extraterrestrial being. Tomáš J. Fülöpp 20100214 Tomáš J. Fülöpp, religion, extraterrestrial life English 2010-05-06 09:16 add/edit
21 A problem with attaining complete freedom is that it is incompatible with other things we yearn for... like be responsible, accountable, caring. Tomáš J. Fülöpp 20090731 Tomáš J. Fülöpp English 2010-05-06 09:16 add/edit
22 The truth in wine is that it helps you to forget the question. Tomáš J. Fülöpp 20090730 Tomáš J. Fülöpp English 2010-05-06 09:16 add/edit
23 Copyright is a crime against wisdom. Tomáš J. Fülöpp 20080108 Tomáš J. Fülöpp English 2010-05-06 09:15 add/edit
24 Výnimočnosť klíči v samote. Tomáš J. Fülöpp 20071217 Tomáš J. Fülöpp Slovak 2010-05-06 09:15 add/edit
25 Krása je ako polarizované svetlo - vidno ju len z určitého uhla. Tomáš J. Fülöpp 20070420 Tomáš J. Fülöpp Slovak 2010-05-06 09:15 add/edit
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