Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. Napoleon Bonaparte
French general & politician (1769 - 1821) Do not speak of repulsive matters at table. Amy Vanderbilt
US authority on etiquette (1908 - 1974) Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austrian philosopher (1889 - 1951) I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty. George Burns
US actor & comedian (1896 - 1996) The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900) In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Martin Luther King Jr.
US black civil rights leader & clergyman (1929 - 1968) Cogito ergo sum. (I think; therefore I am.) Rene Descartes
French mathematician & philosopher (1596 - 1650) Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems. Rene Descartes
French mathematician & philosopher (1596 - 1650) Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. Albert Einstein, (attributed)
US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955) Do not smoke without asking permission or sit so near (as in a train) that the smoke might annoy. Amy Vanderbilt
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