Category Archives: Quotes

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain

Pliny the Elder

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them

Jane Austen

Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain

Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain

Friedrich von Schiller

Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity

Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live

Henry David Thoreau