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People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on.

I love acting. It is so much more real than life.

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.

Philanthropic people lose all sense of Humanity, it is their distinguishing characteristic.

I suppose that I shall have to die beyond my means.

Wisdom comes with winters.

If people become ecstatic the whole society will have to change, because this society is based on misery. If people are blissful you cannot lead them to war -- to Vietnam, or to Egypt, or to Israel. No. Someone who is blissful will just laugh and say: This is nonsense!

A man who is afraid of death will be afraid of life also, because life brings death. If you are afraid of the enemy and you close your door, the friend will also be prohibited.

The happy person is the one who finds occasions for joy at every step. He does not have to look for them, he just finds them.

Never let the sense of past failure defeat your next step.

The remarkable thing about fearing God is that when you fear God you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God you fear everything else.

We presume that we would be ready for battle if confronted with a great crisis, but it is not the crisis that builds something within us—it simply reveals what we are made of already.

Great men of action ... never mind on occasion being ridiculous in a sense it is part of their job, and at times they all are. A prophet or an achiever must never mind an occasional absurdity, it is an occupational risk.

There are periods in history when change is necessary, and other periods when it is better to keep everything for the time as it is. The art of life is to be in the rhythm of your age.

This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us; to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves; to act in such a way that some part of us lives on.

Socialism is nothing but the capitalism of the lower classes.

This is our purpose to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves to act in such a way that some part of us lives on.

Socialism is nothing but the capitalism of the lower classes.

Whenever you fall, pick up something

Student: "Can you do problem number twelve?" Wyler: Twelve?...NO!...That problem is on the test.

Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.

Sure, it's going to kill a lot of people, but they may be dying of something else anyway.

O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!

Better never to have met you in my dream than to wake and reach for hands that are not there.

The purpose of all higher education is to make men aware of what was and what is to incite them to probe into what may be. It seeks to teach them to understand, to evaluate, to communicate.

A really great man is known by three signs... generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.

Politics is the art of the possible. (originally, "Die Politik ist die Lehre von Möglichen.")

Show me an objective worthy of war and I will go along with you.

A special Providence protects fools, drunkards, small children and the United States of America.

Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.

Politics is the art of the possible.

Politics is no exact science.

Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.

When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it into practice.

Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.

A really great man is known by three signs... generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.

Take hope from the heart of man, and you make him a beast of prey.

Life is good, if you like that sort of thing.

Wit is brushwood; judgment timber; the one gives the greatest flame, and the other yields the most durable heat; and both meeting make the best fire.

How little you know about the age you live in if you think that honey is sweeter than cash in hand.

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these

If you would marry suitably, marry your equal.

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.

All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil.

Tears at times have all the weight of speech.

The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all.

We two are to ourselves a crowd.

Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.

Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.

It is the mind that makes the man.