Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

Thereare two sides to every question.

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

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.