A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. Planck, Max
A new system is a hard thing to put into place, it is opposed by those that would be disadvantaged by the new system and it receives no support from those that would benefit. Machiavelli, Niccolo
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires. Beecher, Henry Ward
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance. France, Anatole
A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury. Mill, John Stuart
A person over age 65 who drinks says that his doctor recommends it. Smith, Bob
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it. Dumas, Alexandre (père)
A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice. Bergamin, José
A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were. La Bruyere, Jean
A poem is never finished only abandoned Valery, Paul
A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him. Churchill, Winston
A professor is one who talks in someone else’s sleep. Auden, W. H.
