March 18
2004
- I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. ~ Booker T. Washington
- selected by Kalki
2005
- We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to be sociable. ~ John Updike (born 18 March 1932)
- selected by Kalki
2006
- The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an individual or a party. ~ John C. Calhoun (born 18 March 1782)
- selected by Kalki
2007
- I mistake the American people if they favor the odious doctrine that there is no such thing as international morality; that there is one law for a strong nation and another for a weak one, and that even by indirection a strong power may with impunity despoil a weak one of its territory. ~ Grover Cleveland (born 18 March 1837)
- selected by Kalki
2008
- The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one. ~ Wilhelm Stekel
- proposed by Kalki
2009
- Candor is always a double-edged sword; it may heal or it may separate. ~ Wilhelm Stekel
- proposed by Zarbon
2010
Suggestions
Suspect each moment, for it is a thief, tiptoeing away with more than it brings. ~ John Updike- 3 because this is a very nice personification of "moments". The idea that a thief exists, taking more than giving, in the form of time...is but a chiefly grand understanding, for one grows older and physically gains nothing from it. Zarbon 01:09, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
- 3 UDScott 20:26, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 09:40, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 23:20, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
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From infancy on, we are all spies; the shame is not this but that the secrets to be discovered are so paltry and few. ~ John Updike
- 2 because this is somewhat true. What Updike is trying to dictate here is the bitterness of life. Although the attribution of being a spy is admirable to some degree, the fact that life holds few surprises and secrets is what is being stressed. This image is well illustrated with this statement. Zarbon 01:09, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
- 3 UDScott 20:26, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 09:40, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:20, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
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Truth is not always the best basis for happiness. There are certain lies which may constitute a far better and more secure foundation of happiness. There are people who perish when their eyes are opened. ~ Wilhelm Stekel
- 3 because sometimes is is better to live a lie than to open eyes to see the truth. The truth may make things more difficult than they are, hence maintaining a camouflage of one's foundation of happiness will furthermore create happiness for that person. I love this quote. Zarbon 01:14, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
- 3 UDScott 20:26, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 09:40, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:20, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
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The surrender of life is nothing to sinking down into acknowledgment of inferiority. ~ John C. Calhoun
- 3 because death is nowhere near as terrible as comparative to being lesser...being pathetic...or best described, unaccomplished. Zarbon 01:18, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
- 2 UDScott 20:26, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 09:40, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 23:20, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
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It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty. ~ John C. Calhoun
- 3 because obtaining is easier than maintaining, sustaining, and in the long run, preserving. Zarbon 01:18, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
- 3 UDScott 20:26, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 09:40, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:20, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
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In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers. ~ Neville Chamberlain
- 2 Zarbon 03:04, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 09:40, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:20, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
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As you know I have always been more afraid of a peace offer than of an air raid. ~ Neville Chamberlain
- 3 because hidden under a peace offer is an even deadlier strike. - Zarbon 03:04, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 09:40, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 23:20, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
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I am inventing a language which must necessarily burst forth from a very new poetics, that could be defined in a couple of words: Paint, not the thing, but the effect it produces. ~ Stéphane Mallarmé
- 3 Zarbon 03:04, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 09:40, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:20, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
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The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised. ~ John C. Calhoun
- 3 Kalki 09:40, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 02:45, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:20, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
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The world was made in order to result in a beautiful book. ~ Stéphane Mallarmé
- 3 Kalki 09:40, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 02:45, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:20, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
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None will break ranks, though nations trek from progress.
Courage was mine, and I had mystery;
Wisdom was mine, and I had mastery;
To miss the march of this retreating world
Into vain citadels that are not walled.
~ Wilfred Owen ~ (born 18 March 1893)
- 3 Kalki 06:11, 4 November 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
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