Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably. |
No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand. |
No one will improve your lot if you do not yourself. |
Oh the shark has pretty teeth, dear, / And he shows them pearly white. / Just a jack-knife has Macheath / And he keeps it out of sight. |
One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life. |
One weakness is enough, and love is the deadliest. |
People are too durable, that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long. |
People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart. |
Poverty makes you sad as well as wise. |
Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse |
Right is its own defense. |
Science knows only one commandment - contribute to science. |
She's not so pretty anyone would want to ruin her. |
Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions. |
Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste. |