Quote of the dayJanuary 23
Quotes for January 2351 quotes · 43 authors
The archive keeps these quotes for this day of the year. They are the same every January 23: the anniversary does not move.
- Adultery is the application of democracy to love.
3.6 · 35 votes · 32 reads
- An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.
Jean AnouilhPlaywrightFrench1910 · 20th century
4.3 · 45 votes · 39 reads
- Avarice, the spur of industry.
David HumePhilosopherScottish1711 · 18th century
3.5 · 23 votes · 181 reads
- Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
ConfuciusPhilosopherChinese-551 · 6th century BC
3.4 · 24 votes · 7 reads
- Either a beast or a god.
AristotlePhilosopherGreek-384 · 4th century BC
3.7 · 37 votes · 102 reads
- Friends are proved by adversity.
3.2 · 10 votes · 37 reads
- I mean the word proof not in the sense of the lawyers, who set two half proofs equal to a whole one, but in the sense of a mathematician, where half proof = 0, and it is demanded for proof that every doubt becomes impossible.Carl Friedrich Gauss
MathematicianGerman1777 · 18th century
4.3 · 6 votes · 198 reads
- In the long run we are all dead.
3.8 · 50 votes · 89 reads
- It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts.
Boris YeltsinPoliticianRussian1931 · 20th century
4.6 · 5 votes · 68 reads
- Life is nothing without friendship.
4.4 · 22 votes · 107 reads
- Much effort, much prosperity.
3.6 · 18 votes · 40 reads
- Never say goodbye, say farewell.
4.3 · 60 votes · 195 reads
- We have the best government that money can buy.
3.6 · 60 votes · 107 reads
