I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Abraham Lincoln

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.
Mother Teresa

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
Abraham Lincoln

Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.
Abraham Lincoln

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.
Oscar Wilde

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

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
Mark Twain

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.
Oscar Wilde

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
Oscar Wilde

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
Oscar Wilde

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else.
Oscar Wilde

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.
Oscar Wilde

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
Oscar Wilde

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
Oscar Wilde

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.
Oscar Wilde

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.
Thomas Jefferson

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.
Mark Twain

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
Bill Cosby

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Mark Twain

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.
George Bernard Shaw