The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it.
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them.
Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
To be in hell is to drift; to be in heaven is to steer.
Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
"Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself"
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
L'uomo non smette di giocare perché invecchia ma invecchia perché smette di giocare.
“A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.”