I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly. Michel de Montaigne
French essayist (1533 - 1592) Never read a book through merely because you have begun it. John Witherspoon
US clergyman, educator, & politician (1723 - 1794) America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair. Arnold Toynbee
English historian & historical philosopher (1889 - 1975) To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true! H. L. Mencken
US editor (1880 - 1956) It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people. Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts (1931) "In the World"
(1865 - 1946) There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn. Albert Camus
French existentialist author & philosopher (1913 - 1960) It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember. Eugene McCarthy
US politician (1916 - ) It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life. P. D. James The multitude of books is making us ignorant. Voltaire
French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778) To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody. Quentin Crisp | 
