Wisdom Sayings

561 sayings found from 561 authors

A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

— Edmund Burke 1790
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The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.

— Jeremy Bentham 1776
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The essence of fashion is that it is always in the process of becoming, and never is.

— Georg Simmel 1904
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Society is not a mere sum of individuals, but the system formed by their association has its own reality.

— Emile Durkheim 1895
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Advertising is to a genuine article what manure is to land, - it largely increases the product.

— P.T. Barnum c. 1865-1880
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Thank you, Monsieur.

— Mata Hari 1917
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I have killed peasant men and women, old and young... We killed 23,884 Turks.

— Vlad the Impaler 1462
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I confess to nothing.

— Elizabeth Bathory c. 1610-1614
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I am he who was, who is, and who is to come.

— Comte de Saint-Germain 18th Century (attributed)
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I didn’t choose this life; it chose me.

— Benazir Bhutto 1993
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We must begin wherever we are and the thought of the trace, which is not a concept, is already inscribed in the text.

— Jacques Derrida 1967
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The public sphere is an arena where citizens can come together, exchange opinions, and deliberate on matters of common concern.

— Jurgen Habermas 1962
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I have made the foreign lands like women before me.

— Ramesses II c. 1279–1213 BCE
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If a man puts out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out.

— Hammurabi c. 1754 BCE
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Wait for that wisest of all counselors, Time.

— Pericles 5th century BCE
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Look at this life – all mystery and magic.

— Houdini Early 20th century
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Grass shall never grow where my horse has trodden.

— Attila the Hun 5th century CE
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The three most addictive things in the world are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2012
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Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

— Simone Weil 1947 (posthumous)
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The educator has the duty of not being neutral.

— Paulo Freire 1968
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