Shawnasea's quotes

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"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
6,587 people liked it

"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."
— William Shakespeare (All's Well That Ends Well)

tags: do-wrong, love, trust, wrong
3,934 people liked it

"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
15 people liked it

"Life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: life
234 people liked it

"True love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops. "
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: cough, drops, love
129 people liked it

"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)

230 people liked it

"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
403 people liked it

"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, confidence, individuality, those-who-matter
18,833 people liked it

"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night."
— Steve Martin

tags: humor, obvious
5,626 people liked it

"Hell is other people."
— Jean-Paul Sartre (No Exit: A Play in One Act)

tags: hell, people
128 people liked it

"Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees."
— Jean-Paul Sartre

tags: freedom
80 people liked it

"We are our choices."
— Jean-Paul Sartre

tags: choices
45 people liked it

"All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books."
— Jean-Paul Sartre

tags: books, knowledge
19 people liked it

"l'enfer, c'est les autres"
— Jean-Paul Sartre

19 people liked it

"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
379 people liked it

"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."
— George Carlin

tags: stupid
179 people liked it

"Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music."
— George Carlin

tags: dance, dancing, music
1,007 people liked it

"Some people have a way with words....some people....not have way."
— Steve Martin (Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life)

tags: humor
180 people liked it

"As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot."
— John Lennon

tags: beatles, men, women
615 people liked it

"We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck."
— M.T. Anderson (Feed)

tags: first-sentence
46 people liked it