Our laws make law impossible; our liberties destroy all freedom; our property is organized robbery; our morality an impudent hypocrisy; our wisdom is administered by inexperienced or mal-experienced dupes; our power wielded by cowards and weaklings; and our honour false in all its points. I am an enemy of the existing order for good reasons. […]
Our life is what our thoughts make it Antonius, Marcus Aurelius
Our most important decisions are made while we are thinking about something else. Cooley, Mason
Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised. La Rochefoucauld, François
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. Unknown
Pain is no evil unless it conquers us. Eliot, George
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks. Simonides
Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. Horace
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Johnson, Samuel
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. Wilde, Oscar
Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time. Johnson, Lyndon B.