When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong-- or absolutely right. Albert Guinon (1863 - 1923) When you are in any contest you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it. Dwight D. Eisenhower US general & Republican politician (1890 - 1969) Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. Benjamin Franklin US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 - 1790) Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say. Samuel Johnson English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 - 1784) No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately. Michel de Montaigne French essayist (1533 - 1592) A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company. Gian Vincenzo Gravina (1664 - 1718) No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. Henry Adams US author, autobiographer, & historian (1838 - 1918) They always talk who never think. Matthew Prior English diplomat & poet (1664 - 1721) He who praises you for what you lack wishes to take from you what you have. Don Juan Manuel Spanish author & nobleman (1282 - 1349) None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear. Ferdinand Foch French general (1851 - 1929) |