We do not know what to do with this short life, but we want another that will be eternal.
—Anatole France (French Novelist)
He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves.
—Friedrich Nietzsche (German Philosopher, Scholar)
Every stage of life has its troubles, and no man is content with his own age.
—Ausonius (Latin Poet)
We shall never be able to effect physical disarmament until we have succeeded in effecting moral disarmament.
—Ramsay MacDonald (British Head of State)
Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
—Aesop (Greek Fabulist)
The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned.
—W. Somerset Maugham (French Playwright)
Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
—Jean de La Fontaine (French Poet)
His vocation was orderliness, which is the basis of creation. Accordingly, when a letter came, he would turn it over in his hands for a long time, gazing at it meditatively; then he would put it away in a file without opening it, because everything had its own time.
—Salvatore Satta
The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality.
—John Quincy Adams (American Head of State)
A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, nothing else.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (Indian Hindu Political leader)
First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (Indian Hindu Political leader)
Silence is the mother of truth.
—Benjamin Disraeli (British Head of State)