Quotes

“The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do” Pablo Picasso

“For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?” Jane Austen

“Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.” Jane Austen

“How little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because their passions were stronger than their virtue.” Jane Austen

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.” Jane Austen

“I have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man.” Jane Austen

“Loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable; that one false step involves her in endless ruin; that her reputation is no less brittle than it is beautiful; and that she cannot be too much guarded in her behaviour towards the undeserving of the other sex.” Jane Austen

“No one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with.” Jane Austen

“To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.” Pablo Picasso

“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously.... Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.” Jane Austen

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” Jane Austen

“Youth has no age.” Pablo Picasso

“A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?” Friedrich Nietzsche

“And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“Fear is the mother of morality.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“I love those who do not know how to live for today.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.” Confucius

“Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.” Confucius

“An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.” Confucius

“Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.” Confucius

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” Confucius

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Confucius

“Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.” Confucius