Immer wieder behauptete Unwahrheiten werden nicht zu Wahrheiten, sondern, was schlimmer ist, zu Gewohnheiten.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all. Circumspection and devotion are a contradiction in terms.

Thomas Hardy

Nature understands no jesting. She is always true, always serious, always severe. She is always right, and the errors are always those of man.

Johann von Goethe

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal. Not to people or things.

Albert Einstein

Your inner strength is your outer foundation

Allan Rufus

If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say of this or that event,

George Orwell

A man with charm is an entertaining thing, and a man with looks is, ofcourse, a sight to behold, but a man with honor - ah, he is the one, dear reader, to which young ladies should flock.

Julia Quinn

Success is just a matter of luck, all you need to do is ask a failure. History may be written by academics but it's rarely created by them.

Source Unknown

I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.

Oscar Wilde

The nearest I can make it out, Love your Enemies means, Hate your Friends

Benjamin Franklin

At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings.

Hector Berlioz

Let us come to the philosophers, whose authority is of greater weight, and their judgment more to be relied on, because they are believed to have paid attention, not to matters of fiction, but to the investigation of the truth.

Lactantius

[H]e is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.

George Bernard Shaw