Short Quotes · Page 20

Big wisdom in few words—the best short quotes pack a lifetime of insight into a single sentence. Perfect for captions, cards, or a moment of daily reflection.

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“All great truths begin as blasphemies.”

— George Bernard Shaw

“Scratch an Englishman and find a Protestant.”

— George Bernard Shaw

“Political necessities sometimes turn out to be political mistakes.”

— George Bernard Shaw

“The quality of a play is the quality of its ideas.”

— George Bernard Shaw

“Why was I born with such contemporaries?”

— George Bernard Shaw

“The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.”

— Francis Bacon

“Knowledge itself is power.”

— Francis Bacon

“Riches are a good handmaid, but the worst mistress.”

— Francis Bacon

“Hurl your calumnies boldly; something is sure to stick.”

— Francis Bacon

“Silence is the virtue of a fool.”

— Francis Bacon

“The age of antiquity is the youth of the world.”

— Francis Bacon

“Only charity admitteth no excess.”

— Francis Bacon

“States as great engines move slowly.”

— Francis Bacon

“Let your desires be ruled by reason.”

— Cicero

“Honorable things, not secretive things, are sought by good men.”

— Cicero

“How long will men dare to call anything expedient that is not right?”

— Cicero

“A true friend is one who is, as it were, a second self.”

— Cicero

“The life of the dead is in the memory of the living.”

— Cicero

“Philosophy is certainly the medicine of the soul.”

— Cicero

“Therefore the wise man is always happy.”

— Cicero

“O, the times! O, the morals!”

— Cicero

“Almost no one dances sober, unless he is insane.”

— Cicero

“For laws are silent among arms.”

— Cicero

“Let the welfare of the people be the ultimate law.”

— Cicero

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