best quotes

“Silence is true wisdom's best reply. ”

“Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor. ”

“The best of seers is he who guesses well.”

“A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation. ”

“Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.”

— Aldous Huxley

“Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children? ”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil. ”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The best interpreter of the law is custom. ”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Example is the best precept.”

“This is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies, and for saving souls. All propagated with the best intentions. ”

“Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication. ”

“We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“The best activities for your health are pumping and humping. ”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

“No matter the nationality, no matter the religion, no matter the ethnic background, America brings out the best in people.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Best to live lightly, unthinkingly. ”

“Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.”

“It is best to live however one can be. ”

“Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides. ”

— Victor Hugo

“Toleration is the best religion.”

— Victor Hugo

“My "fear" is my substance, and probably the best part of me.”

— Franz Kafka

“Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage. ”

— Jawaharlal Nehru

“Time is generally the best doctor.”

“The bold adventurer succeeds the best.”

“'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.”

— William Shakespeare

“ The argument of the strongest is always the best. ”

— Jean de La Fontaine

“But the shortest works are always the best. ”

— Jean de La Fontaine

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