The living need charity more than the dead. George Arnold, The Jolly Old Pedagogue (1866) In charity there is no excess. Sir Francis Bacon, Of Goodness, and Goodness of Nature (1625)
English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 - 1626) The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him. Voltaire, Letter (1769)
French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778) It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children. Kingsley Amis, One Fat Englishman (1963)
English author & humorist (1922 - ) I love children - especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away. Nancy Mitford Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you. Fran Lebowitz, Social Studies (1981)
US writer and humorist (1950 - ) It is only rarely that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman. Alexandre Dumas
French dramatist & novelist (1802 - 1870) Toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other. Seneca
Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician (5 BC - 65 AD) Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter. Francis Bacon, Essays (1625) Cannibals prefer those who have no spines. Stanislaw Lem, "Holiday", 1963
Polish science fiction author (1921 - ) | 
