Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble. Carl Jung Swiss psychologist (1875 - 1961) In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top. Benjamin Franklin US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 - 1790) Congress consists of one third, more or less, scoundrels; two thirds, more or less, idiots; and three thirds, more or less, poltroons. H. L. Mencken US editor (1880 - 1956) Government expands to absorb revenue - and then some. Tom Wicker The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois. Gustave Flaubert French realist novelist (1821 - 1880) At least when I was govenor, cocaine was expensive. Jerry Brown The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer. Victor Borge US (Danish-born) comedian & pianist (1909 - 2000) Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable. Samuel Johnson English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 - 1784) Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness. E.M. Cioran Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it, and that a very severe one. Hannah Moore |