Humorous Sayings

Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune.

When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal.

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

Go on, get out! Last words are for fools who haven't said enough!

It's easier to be original and foolish than original and wise.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

The presence of irony does not necessarily mean that the earnestness is excluded. Only assistant professors assume that.

A sense of humour is the only divine quality of man.

If I didn't try to assume responsibility for my own existence, it would seem utterly absurd to go on existing.

I was made for another planet altogether. I mistook the way.

Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.

Happiness is a very pretty thing to feel, but very dry to talk about.

He is educated who knows how to find out what he doesn't know.

Too cheerful a morality is a loose morality; it is appropriate only to decadent peoples and is found only among them.

specialists without spirit, sensualists without heart; this nullity imagines that it has attained a level of civilization never before achieved.

If you beat your head against the wall, it is your head that breaks and not the wall.