Miscellaneous Quotes

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least amount of hissing - Jean Baptiste Colbert

It is fortunate that diplomats have long noses since they usually cannot see beyond them - Paul Claudel

A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman, of the next generation - James Freeman Clarke

Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities - Frank Lloyd Wright

The facts, although interesting, are irrelevant.

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure... it just means you haven't succeeded yet - Robert Schuller

You may give out, but never give up - Mary Crowley

Live truth instead of professing it - Elbert Hubbard

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have - Frederick Keonig

Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of everyone - Frederic Bastiat

She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth.

You can find more quotations like this one in the Benjamin Franklin category.