All Quotes
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I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit, and once when I won one.Voltaire
To err is human; to forgive is simply not our policyMIT Assasination Club slogan
The best years are the forties; after fifty a man begins to deteriorate, but in the forties he is at the maximum of his villainy.H. L. Mencken
Paying alimony is like feeding hay to a dead horse.Groucho Marx
America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.Georges Clemenceau
Insanity: a perfectly rational adjustment to the insane world.R. D. Laing
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board.Henry David Thoreau, "Walden," the Conclusion
People who go broke in a big way never miss any meals. It is the poor jerk who is shy a half slug who must tighten his belt.Robert Heinlein, Excerpt from the notebooks of Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love"
My object all sublime I shall achieve in time...W. S. Gilbert, The Mikado, 1885
Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.Tom Stoppard