Better reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven. John Milton, Paradise Lost
English poet (1608 - 1674) I have always found that angels have the vanity to speak of themselves as the only wise. William Blake, Marriage of Heaven and Hell
English engraver, illustrator, & poet (1757 - 1827) I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong. Leo Rosten
US (Polish-born) author (1908 - ) Give me where to stand, and I will move the earth. Archimedes, 300 B.C.
Greek inventor, mathematician, & physicist (287 BC - 212 BC) Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist. Edgar Watson Howe
US journalist (1853 - 1937) We have to play what is actually in demand, and we have to play it as well and as beautifully and as expressively as ever we can. Herman Hesse, Steppenwolf Force, and fraud, are in war the two cardinal virtues. Thomas Hobbes, quoted from "Oxygen3, Panda Software
English political philosopher (1588 - 1679) An nescis mi fili, quantilla prudentia regitur orbis?<br> Dost thou not know, my son, with what little wisdom the world is governed? Count Oxenstierna, letter to his son, 1648 People who like quotations love meaningless generalizations. Graham Greene, A Burnt-Out Case The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind. Humphrey Bogart | 
