Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Curiosity is an asset mostly frittered away.
Intelligence complicates. Wisdom simplifies.
Language cannot say everything, fortunately.
Genius knows where the questions are hidden.
Diplomats lie with a heavy sense of destiny.
The avant-garde is now stranded in the past.
My self-absorption warms me; yours boils me.
Every seeming equality conceals a hierarchy.
My mind is led astray by every faint rustle.
Opportunity often goes begging. Luck, never.
Hope and despair ignore one another's cries.
Outside books, we avoid colorful characters.
No use saying necessity is making a mistake.
Affection reproaches, but does not denounce.
Drunks do not have friends, but accomplices.
Aimless drifting also fulfills an intention.
Generosity knows how to count, but refrains.
Sacred or not, sacrifice is an ugly business.
The children of childish parents age quickly.
The best propaganda omits rather than invents
Every farewell combines loss and new freedom.
While we are reading, we are all Don Quixote.
Every doctrine has a theory of the beginning.
Self-congratulation pleases only the speaker.
Good parties create a temporary youthfulness.
Truth can remain silent. Lies must be spoken.
No one could be the way I remember my father.
Wealth makes the laws that poverty must obey.
My mentors grow old and foolish. I am afraid.
Envy awakens at the sound of a distant laugh.
Curiosity engenders both science and scandal.
Consciousness is our only reprieve from Time.
The aftermath of joy is not usually more joy.
The lonely become either thoughtful or empty.
Attachments and bereavements are inseparable.
I am invigorated by work, wasted by pleasure.
Politicians love change, but of details only.
Nobody likes to offer stupidity as an excuse.
Rule of art: let half-blind purpose lead you.
Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life.
Failures are easier to repeat than successes.
Hope likes justification, but can do without.
In every death, a busy world comes to an end.
Old age likes indecency. It's a sign of life.
Creativity is not a substitute for competence.
Good manners can render even virtue tolerable.
Truth-telling frightens me. Lying confuses me.
Some live in a state of passionate indecision.
I can neither return your love nor dismiss it.
I love you in my dreams, but not in real life.