All Quotes

"When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple"

"Remind yourself that all men assert that wisdom is the greatest good, but that there are few who strenuously seek out that greatest good."

"Despise all those things which when liberated from the body you will not want; invoke the Gods to become your helpers."

"Wind indeed increases fire, but custom love."

"Those alone are dear to Divinity who are hostile to injustice."

"None can be free who is a slave to, and ruled by, his passions."

"It is not proper either to have a blunt sword or to use freedom of speech ineffectually. Neither is the sun to be taken from the world, nor freedom of speech from erudition."

"Not frequently man from man."

"When a reasonable Soul forsaketh his divine nature, and becometh beast-like, it dieth. For though the substance of the Soul be incorruptible: yet, lacking the use of Reason, it is reputed dead; for it loseth the Intellective Life."

"A good Soul hath neither too great joy, nor too great sorrow: for it rejoiceth in goodness; and it sorroweth in wickedness. By the means whereof, when it beholdeth all things, and seeth the good and bad so mingled together, it can neither rejoice greatly; nor be grieved with over much sorrow."

"Order thyself so, that thy Soul may always be in good estate; whatsoever become of thy body."

"Dispose thy Soul to all good and necessary things!"

"Patience cometh by the grace of the Soul."

"True and perfect Friendship is, to make one heart and mind of many hearts and bodies."

"He is not rich, that enjoyeth not his own goods."

"By Silence, the discretion of a man is known: and a fool, keeping Silence, seemeth to be wise."

"A fool is known by his Speech; and a wise man by Silence."

"The King that followeth Truth, and ruleth according to Justice, shall reign quietly: but he that doth the contrary, seeketh another to reign for him."

"Tell not abroad what thou intendest to do; for if thou speed not, thou shalt be mocked!"

"If thy fellows hurt thee in small things, suffer it! and be as bold with them!"

"Take not thine enemy for thy friend; nor thy friend for thine enemy!"

"Rejoice not in another man's misfortune!"

"Let thy mind rule thy tongue!"

"Hear gladly!"

"If thou intend to do any good; tarry not till to-morrow! for thou knowest not what may chance thee this night."

"Use examples; that such as thou teachest may understand thee the better!"

"Reason not with him, that will deny the principal truths!"

"Honor Wisdom; and deny it not to them that would learn; and shew it unto them that dispraise it! Sow not the sea fields!"

"What I did in my youth is hundreds of times easier today. Technology breeds crime."

"Remember what being an adult is: It has nothing to do with money or awards."

"The future seemed not just dangerous, not just bleak; it seemed incomprehensible."

"Conflict of the sexes is not a disease; it is an unavoidable byproduct like the smoke and water from a fire."

"Ours is an age of social anger."

"All states resort to force in the end."

"Gotta Straighten Out That Closet One of these Days.... (Fibber McGee, after long sound-effects sequence of falling objects!)"

"God may have replied"

"The study's leaders claim to have bona fide research — I say "bonified" probably here — bonified research that says the average size of a penis is roughly 10% smaller than it was 50 years ago, and the researchers say air pollution is why. Air pollution, global warming has been shown to negatively impact penis size, Italian researchers. I don't buy this, I think it's feminism. If it's tied to the last 50 years — the average size of a member is 10 percent smaller than 50 years — it has to be the feminazis, the chickification and everything else. Give 'em time and they'll blame Bush. Give 'em time. But air pollution vs. feminazis? Ha!"

"You know how to stop abortion? Require that each one occur with a gun."

"If one of the main reasons for passing the Gang of Eight immigration bill is so Republicans can prove that they don't hate Hispanics, then what's next? Are the Republicans going to have to support gay marriage to prove that they don't hate gays? Are the Republicans then going to have to support affirmative action to prove they don't hate blacks?"

"What do we have to do to make the women realize we don't hate 'em? Change our attitude on abortion? Where does this stuff stop?"

"You know, folks, I have to tell you something. This, this white guilt, it's time for all this white guilt to end. I know it won't because I know that most people are scared to death and live lives totally immersed in fear because that's what other people want them to live like, but I'm sick of it. White guilt is doing nothing for anybody, and white guilt is not solving anything. And besides that, a little history lesson for you. If any race of people should not have guilt about slavery, it's Caucasians. The white race has probably had fewer slaves and for a briefer period of time than any other in the history of the world."

"You find yourself staring, looking at, casually glancing at a woman, but you know that it's now socially taboo. You shouldn't be doing it. And you think everybody is noticing you doing it and condemning you in their minds. You shouldn't — so you walk up to the woman and say, "Will you please ask your breasts to stop staring at my eyes?""

"You know what the magic word, the only thing that matters in American sexual mores today is? One thing. You can do anything, the Left will promote and understand and tolerate anything, so long as there is one element. Do you know what it is? Consent. If there is consent on both or all three or all four, however many are involved in the sex act, it's perfectly fine. Whatever it is. But if the left ever senses and smells that there's no consent in part of the equation then here come the rape police. But consent is the magic key to the left."

"Nobody is a fiscal conservative anymore. All this talk about concern for the deficit and the budget has been bogus for as long as it's been around."

"This coronavirus, they're just — all of this panic is just not warranted. This, I'm telling you, when I tell you — when I've told you that this virus is the common cold. When I said that, it was based on the number of cases. It's also based on the kind of virus this is."

"I actually think that we're trending toward secession [...] I see more and more people asking what in the world do we have in common with the people who live in, say, New York? What is there that makes us believe that there is enough of us there to even have a chance at winning New York? Especially if you’re talking about votes. (December 7, 2020)"

"I know that there’s a sizable and growing sentiment for people who believe that’s we're headed to, whether we want to get there or not, secession [...] Now, I didn’t advocate for it. I never would advocate for secession. I’m simply repeating what I have heard. (December 8, 2020)"

"There's a lot of people calling for the end of violence. There's a lot of conservatives, social media, who say that any violence or aggression at all is unacceptable, regardless of the circumstances. I'm glad Sam Adams, Thomas Paine, the actual Tea Party guys, the men at Lexington and Concord didn't feel that way."

"I love you, too. Big time."

""Hello operator? Give me Wistful Vista 2-0-3-Oh is that you, Myrt?" (Myrt, short for Myrtle back then)"