Let's wise up, shall we ?

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.

Aldous Huxley

Listen !

There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves.

Albert Guinon

For Witch-hunters

To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and no-one in his right mind will believe this today.

Albert Camus

The Signal/Noise Ratio

It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow-necked bottles: the less they have in them the more noise they make in pouring it out.

Alexander Pope

"Normal"

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Albert Camus

Falsus in Uno, falsus in omnibus

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

Albert Einstein

Discretion

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Abraham Lincoln

Why Law Must Rule

The great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law.

Andrew Jackson, 1821

Manhood

Years ago, manhood was an opportunity for achievement, and now it is a problem to be overcome.

Garrison Keillor

Hidden Message

A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.

Wilson Mizner

Verbal Abuse matters

...it is as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you as when they are shooting at you.

Woodrow Wilson

For lawyers

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

Abraham Lincoln

Essence of Wisdom

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.

Anatole France

Why pedantry matters

Authoritarian governments don't like dictionaries. They live by lies and bamboozling abstractions, and cannot afford to have words accurately defined.

Kenneth Clark

A Really Important Thought

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Albert Einstein (attributed)

Laws : who needs em' ?

Integrity has no need of rules.

Albert Camus

Ambition works

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

W. Somerset Maugham

Stick to the knitting

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

Aldous Huxley

Why my Photograph does not Appear on this website

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

Albert Camus

So there !

A witty saying proves nothing.

Voltaire