The Dude: Would you come off it Walter? You're not even fucking Jewish, man. Walter Sobchak: What the fuck are you talking about Dude? The Dude: You're fucking Polish-Catholic! Walter Sobchak: What the fuck are you talking about? I converted when I m...
In a world of change and decay not even the man of faith can be completely happy. Instinctively he seeks the unchanging and is bereaved at the passing of dear familiar things. Yet much as we may deplore the lack of stability in all earthly things, in...
Though I myself am an atheist, I openly profess religion in the sense just mentioned, that is, a nature religion. I hate the idealism that wrenches man out of nature; I am not ashamed of my dependency on nature; I openly confess that the workings of ...
Nor when love is of this disinterested sort is there any disgrace in being deceived, but in every other case there is equal disgrace in being or not being deceived. For he who is gracious to his lover under the impression that he is rich, and is disa...
The UK office for National Statistics has identified the things that matter most for happiness as "health, relationships, work, and the environment" - a list that tallies closely with our basic goods. Given that our lives have not noticeably improved...
The life of an old man can be compared with the flame of a candle in a drought.
The wise man forgets insults as the ungrateful forget benefits.
Every smart man is an ignoramus who abuses his ignorance.
An honest man is not the worse because a dog barks at him.
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.
He that's a wise man by day is no fool by night.
A brave man will face a situation no matter how dreadful.
Nothing resembles an honest man more than a cheat.
The bad man thinks that everybody looks like him.
The friendship of a great man is like the shadow of a bush -- soon gone.
The man on his feet carries off the share of the man sitting down.
How great man would be were he not so arrogant.
As the wise man looks for a bridge the fool crosses the river.
First the man takes a drink; then the drink takes a drink; after that the drink takes the man.
The son of an old man is an orphan, and his wife is a widow.
The voice of a poor man does not carry very far.
