“My philosophy
like colour TV
is all there
in black and white”
Monty Python
Human Nature
A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small package.
Anonymous Crises bring out the best in the best of us, and the worst in the worst of us.
Anonymous If you are identified by your opinions — if that is the very basis of yourself — how can you change your mind?
Fran Lebowitz (1950- ) Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous; more dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.
I mostri esistono, ma sono troppo pochi per essere veramente pericolosi; sono più pericolosi gli uomini comuni, i funzionari pronti a credere e ad obbedire senza discutere.
Primo Levi (1919-1987) Nowadays people are born to find fault; when they look at Achilles, they see only his heel.
Die jetzigen Menschen sind zum tadeln geboren. Vom ganzen Achilles sehen sie nur die Ferse.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830-1916) Racism is only the snobbery of the poor.
Anonymous The evil that we do does not attract to us so much persecution and hatred as our good qualities.
Le mal que nous faisons ne nous attire pas tant de persécution et de haine que nos bonnes qualités.
La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.
Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
Nous pardonnons souvent à ceux qui nous ennuient, mais nous ne pouvons pardonner à ceux que nous ennuyons.
La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) We were all humans until race disconnected us, religion separated us, politics divided us, and wealth classified us.
Banksy
