Elizabeth Bowen

 Meeting people unlike oneself does not enlarge one's outlook; it only confirms one's idea that one is unique. 

- Elizabeth Bowen

James Joyce

 The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts. 

- James Joyce

Charles Simmons

 Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool. 

- Charles Simmons

Sylvester Stallone

 There's a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone. 

- Sylvester Stallone

Mignon McLaughlin

 It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not. 

- Mignon McLaughlin

James M. Barrie

 Life is a long lesson in humility. 

- James M. Barrie

Abraham Lincoln

 The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty. 

- Abraham Lincoln

Fulton J. Sheen

 Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded. 

- Fulton J. Sheen

Oscar Levant

 The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too. 

- Oscar Levant

Mark Twain

 Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. 

- Mark Twain

H. L. Mencken

 Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient. 

- H. L. Mencken

Alan Greenspan

 If I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said. 

- Alan Greenspan

Henry Kissinger

 Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem. 

- Henry Kissinger

Charlie Chaplin

 Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot. 

- Charlie Chaplin

Marcus Tullius Cicero

 Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief. 

- Marcus Tullius Cicero