This is a complete collection of “foreign” quotes feeding the random “Think about it…” sidebar box. Russian expressions can be found in a separate post.
- “Le cynique est celui qui connaît le prix de tout et la valeur de rien.”
- “Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.”
- “Viele Quellen sind mit dem Flusslauf nicht einverstanden.”
- “Si nos vertus ne transparaissent pas hors de nous-mêmes, ce serait comme si nous ne les avions point.”
- “It's better to burn out than to fade away.” (from the suicide note)
- “It is easier for a Russian to become an atheist than for anyone else in the world.”
- “When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers.”
- “The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left.”
- “True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriend's boyfriends — and he accepts it.”
- “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.”
- “The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.”
- “Some men are born old, and some men never seem so. If we keep well and cheerful, we are always young and at last die in youth even when in years would count as old.”
- “Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.”
- “Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.”
- “A pint can't hold a quart — if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.”
- “The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell.”
- “Es ist immer etwas Wahnsinn in der Liebe. Es ist aber auch immer etwas Vernunft im Wahnsinn.”
- “There is always some madness in love, but there is also always some reason in madness.”
- “We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.”
- “One feels inclined to say that the intention that man should be happy is not included in the plan of Creation.”
- “The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.”
