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“The gain to the winner is always less than the loss to the loser.”
Ian Fleming book Live and Let Die
Source: Live and Let Die
“There is no worse flaw in man's character than that of wanting to belong.”
David Adams Richards (1950) Canadian writer and politician
Source: Mercy Among the Children
“Fear cripples faster than any implement of war.”
Dan Brown book Angels & Demons
Source: Angels & Demons
“Have a belief in yourself that is bigger than anyone's disbelief.”
August Wilson (1945–2005) American playwright
“Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won.”
Robert Jordan The Fires of Heaven
Source: The Fires of Heaven
“I wish you way more than luck.”
David Foster Wallace (1962–2008) American fiction writer and essayist
Source: This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
“i find nothing more depressing than optimism.”
Paul Fussell (1924–2012) Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
“The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself.”
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) English Romantic poet
A Defence of Poetry http://www.bartleby.com/27/23.html (1821)
“Pretending to be 'normal' is a lot harder than you think.”
Sue Grafton (1940–2017) American writer
Source: F is for Fugitive
“Patience and time do more than strength or passion.”
Jean De La Fontaine (1621–1695) French poet, fabulist and writer.
Patience et longueur de temps
Font plus que force ni que rage.
Book II (1668), fable 11.
Fables (1668–1679)
“It is far better to put away fear than to be driven by it.”
Alison Croggon book The Riddle
Source: The Riddle
“The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.”
David Hume (1711–1776) Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian
Source: On Suicide
“A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Source: Meditations
“The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.”
Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction …
“the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses”
E.E. Cummings (1894–1962) American poet
Source: Selected Poems
“Leave this world a little better than you found it.”
Robert Baden-Powell (1857–1941) lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement
Baden-Powell's Last Message (1941)
“Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist