-Aristotle 1. I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies.
-Socrates 2. Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.
-Benjamin Disraeli 3. The difference of race is one of the reasons why I fear war may always exist; because race implies difference, difference implies superiority, and superiority leads to predominance.
-William Shakespeare 4. Assume a virtue, if you have it not.
-Cicero 5. A room without books is like a body without a soul.
-Charles Dickens 6. Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it.
-Publilius Syrus 7. Admonish thy friends in secret, praise them openly.
-Confucius 8. Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
-George Carlin 9. Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?.
-Benjamin Disraeli 10. What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.
-Seneca 11. It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.
-Lao-tzu 12. To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.
OMG i love Coldplay.... that said, the Charles Dickens' quote sounds like something my dad wld say... Confucius' sounds like something that wld be said in some italian mob movie. George Carlin's.....FIGHT FOR FREEDOM! Benjamin Disraeli's( # 10) is the summary of my life. Seneca's....Nigerians make una hear oh! it is not everytime that ur mouth shld be talking!
Lao-tzu's.....ITK's (I Too Know) make una open ya ears oh!
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I am coping all those quotes o!
ReplyDeletethanks 4 sharing,bloggo.......
OMG i love Coldplay....
ReplyDeletethat said,
the Charles Dickens' quote sounds like something my dad wld say...
Confucius' sounds like something that wld be said in some italian mob movie.
George Carlin's.....FIGHT FOR FREEDOM!
Benjamin Disraeli's( # 10) is the summary of my life.
Seneca's....Nigerians make una hear oh! it is not everytime that ur mouth shld be talking!
Lao-tzu's.....ITK's (I Too Know) make una open ya ears oh!
Great quotes....
-Seneca
ReplyDelete11. It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.
i Like that one and I am down for Bros Einsten's quotes anytime, any-wise
Something to think about for the weekend.
ReplyDelete@My World,feel free and how are you?
ReplyDelete@chayoma,hilarious the way you summarized it all!!
Gotta love Coldplay..
@yinkuslolo,glad you like.
@Kwegyirba Aggrey-Orleans,definitely something to ponder on..nice of you stop by.
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