Short Quotes · Page 51

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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“Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies?”

— Augustine of Hippo

“For if I am deceived, I am.”

— Augustine of Hippo

“Money is the necessity that frees us from necessity.”

— W. H. Auden

“One can only blaspheme if one believes.”

— W. H. Auden

“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.”

— W. H. Auden

“Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.”

— W. H. Auden

“One cannot review a bad book without showing off.”

— W. H. Auden

“Criticism should be a casual conversation.”

— W. H. Auden

“A shilling life will give you all the facts.”

— W. H. Auden

“Aphorisms are essentially an aristocratic genre of writing.”

— W. H. Auden

“No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.”

— John Adams

“I should prefer the Delights of a Garden to the Dominion of a World.”

— John Adams

“Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.”

— John Adams

“When annual elections end, there slavery begins.”

— John Adams

“Liberty must at all hazards be supported.”

— John Adams

“Let every sluice of knowledge be opened and set a-flowing.”

— John Adams

“Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.”

— John Adams

“Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge.”

— John Adams

“The world grows more enlightened. Knowledge is more equally diffused.”

— John Adams

“Tyranny can scarcely be practised upon a virtuous and wise people.”

— John Adams

“It is folly to anticipate evils, and madness to create imaginary ones.”

— John Adams

“You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.”

— John Adams

“Sin is whatever obscures the soul.”

— André Gide

“It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written.”

— André Gide

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