Tag Archives: interesting quotes from the past

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is like a lie that makes us realize truth. Pablo Picasso 1881-1973 Spanish painter. I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about. Jean-Jacques Rousseau … Continue reading →

‘Being a personality is not the same as having a personality.’ Alan Coren. 1938-2007 English writer. ‘It’s not that I’m afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.’ Woody Allen. 1935- American film producer. ‘Talent … Continue reading →

I think computer viruses should count as life. Maybe it says something about human nature, that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. Stephen Hawking 1942- English theoretical physicist. The Internet is an elite … Continue reading →

There is no man so friendless but what he can find a friend sincere enough to tell him disagreeable truths. Edward Bulwer-Lytton. 1803-73 British novelist. Predictions can be very difficult – especially about the future. Niels Bohr 1885-1962 Danish physicist. … Continue reading →

England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio, Lord Nelson 1758-1805 British admiral. I am I plus my surroundings and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself. Jose Ortega y Gasset 1883-1955 Spanish … Continue reading →

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is like a lie that makes us realize truth. Pablo Picasso 1881-1973 Spanish painter. I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about. Jean-Jacques Rousseau … Continue reading →

My idea of Heaven is, eating pate’ de foie gras to the sound of trumpets. Sydney Smith 1771-1845 English essayist. Every hero becomes a bore at last. Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882 American writer. Have nothing in your house that you … Continue reading →

Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage. Richard Lovelace 1618-58 English poet. Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. George Bernard Shaw 1856-1959 Irish dramatist. We shall pay any price, bear any … Continue reading →

Millions long for immortality who don’t know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Susan Ertz 1894-1985 American writer. Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to … Continue reading →