Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others. Oscar Wilde
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900) Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. H. L. Mencken
US editor (1880 - 1956) Virtue is insufficient temptation. George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950) Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. Joseph Addison, The Spectator, September 26, 1712
English essayist, poet, & politician (1672 - 1719) A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top. James Reston
(1909 - ) The only really happy folk are married women and single men. H. L. Mencken
US editor (1880 - 1956) It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly. Anatole France
French novelist (1844 - 1924) Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered. Al Capp
US cartoonist (1909 - 1979) Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions. Abbie Hoffman, Steal This Urine Test
US radical activist (1936 - 1989) I would like to take you seriously but to do so would affront your intelligence. William F. Buckley Jr. | 
