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#1
"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."
—
William Shakespeare
(
As You Like It
)
tags:
wisdom
8,076 people liked it
#2
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."
—
William Shakespeare
(
All's Well That Ends Well
)
tags:
do-wrong
,
love
,
trust
,
wrong
4,984 people liked it
#3
"I don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over."
—
Henrik Johan Ibsen
tags:
majority
,
society
18 people liked it
#4
"Life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all."
—
William Goldman
(
The Princess Bride
)
tags:
life
264 people liked it
#5
"True love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops. "
—
William Goldman
(
The Princess Bride
)
tags:
cough
,
drops
,
love
143 people liked it
#6
"I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am."
—
Sylvia Plath
(
The Bell Jar
)
tags:
breath
,
existence
276 people liked it
#7
"Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace."
—
Sylvia Plath
(
The Bell Jar
)
tags:
death
,
peace
518 people liked it
#8
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."
—
Dr. Seuss
tags:
be-yourself
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confidence
,
fitting-in
,
individuality
,
those-who-matter
23,315 people liked it
#9
"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night."
—
Steve Martin
tags:
humor
,
obvious
6,797 people liked it
#10
"Hell is other people."
—
Jean-Paul Sartre
(
No Exit: A Play in One Act
)
tags:
hell
,
people
150 people liked it
#11
"Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees."
—
Jean-Paul Sartre
tags:
freedom
89 people liked it
#12
"We are our choices."
—
Jean-Paul Sartre
tags:
choices
54 people liked it
#13
"All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books."
—
Jean-Paul Sartre
tags:
books
,
knowledge
25 people liked it
#14
"l'enfer, c'est les autres"
—
Jean-Paul Sartre
23 people liked it
#15
"Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?"
—
George Carlin
tags:
humor
506 people liked it
#16
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."
—
George Carlin
tags:
stupid
210 people liked it
#17
"Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music."
—
George Carlin
tags:
dance
,
dancing
,
music
1,475 people liked it
#18
"Some people have a way with words....some people....not have way."
—
Steve Martin
(
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
)
tags:
humor
196 people liked it
#19
"As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot."
—
John Lennon
tags:
beatles
,
men
,
women
782 people liked it
#20
"We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck."
—
M.T. Anderson
(
Feed
)
tags:
first-sentence
50 people liked it
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