Man is what he believes. Anton Chekhov Russian dramatist & short story author (1860 - 1904) If I ever marry, it will be on a sudden impulse - as a man shoots himself. H. L. Mencken US editor (1880 - 1956) Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less in human beings of whom they know nothing. Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778) Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball. Charles V You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake. Jeannette Rankin US pacifist & politician (1880 - 1973) The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his. General George Patton Name me and emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball. Charles V Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity. Mortimer Adler A sportsman is a man who, every now and then, simply has to go out and kill something. Stephen Leacock Canadian economist & humorist (1869 - 1944) Marriage is a triumph of habit over hate. Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972) |