Category: Maxims

"Adversity is the mother of donation." Leslie...

There is no evidence that poverty causes crime but a great deal of evidence that crime causes poverty. Mona...

Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that...

"Support for freedom fighters is self-defense." Ronald...

"Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of...

"It's true hard work never killed anyone, but I figure, why take the chance?" Ronald...

"Human dignity is bound is bound up with taking responsibility for conducting one's own affairs." Paul Rahe,...

"Imperialism does not justify terrorism, but it does motivate terrorism." Thomas Sipos Editor California...

"You know you are really traveling when you run out of underwear." Daisann McLane in July 2009 National Geographic...

"It does not require many words to speak the truth." Chief Joseph, Nez Perce...