Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

Genius is a long impatience.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.