If absolute power corr
If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?', Harry Shearer',Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.', Albert Einstein', US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)
Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.', Anais Nin', US (French-born) author & diarist (1903 - 1977)
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.', Helen Keller', US blind & deaf educator (1880 - 1968)
I detest converts almost as much as I do missionaries.', H. L. Mencken', US editor (1880 - 1956)
Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.', George Eliot', English novelist (1819 - 1880)