"If the Sun isn't shining on your head, find out where it is shining and go stand there"

A good frined of mine.

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy

Benjamin Franklin

“If my body dies, let my body die, but do not let my country die."
Ghengis Khan

"Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today." - Lincoln

"I shall not die, it is the world that shall end"

Don't know who, but a Greek, I believe.

"Religion... is the opiate of the masses. - Karl Marx.

this one goes well with this web:
"en sus ratos de ocio, que eran los más del año" (in his ocious moments, which were the most of the year) - don quijote de la mancha

"Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms." - Groucho Marx

"Light a fire for a man, and he is warm for a night. Light a Man on fire, and he is warm for the rest of his life"

-Terry Pratchett

I love the pratchett ones and anything by Draugnar....

One from me which is also on my profile "Never argue with an idiot, he will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience".

Darn, I didn't read the thread. Someone else had done that one. It is still my favorite. I may post another, let me think about it.

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

"Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done next week." - not Lincoln
More seriously then:

Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices ~ Benjamin Franklin
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favourable ~ Seneca
The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others ~ Hasidic Proverb
Give no decision till both sides thou'st heard ~ Phocylides
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't ~ Erica Jong
Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world ~ Publilius Syrus
He who does not know how to be silent will not know how to speak ~ Ausonius
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm ~ Sir Winston Churchill
Never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts ~ Arthur Conan Doyle
In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends ~ John Churton Collins
The man who chases two rabbits, catches neither ~ Confucius
The purpose of life is a life of purpose ~ Robert Byrne

Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen- Conan O'brien

"It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver."

"It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved."

"If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared."

~ Niccolo Machiavelli author of 'The Prince'

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"Good, Better, Best. Never let it rest. Until your good is your better and your better is your best." -Tim Duncan

@ Invictus Ahh Something we can agree on.

Patyr - ah Machiavelli's The Prince. A must read for any wannabe great military leaders

I read an article a few years back which suggested that Machiavelli wrote The Prince as satire. Much of the advice is really bad (put mercenaries in control of all your key fortresses!), and the overall message contradicts Mr. M's prior writings. The head of state who commissioned the work also had some role in Machiavelli's father's execution twenty or thirty years earlier (I don't remember all the details).

you know what i am going to do with these wonderful quotes? put them on reader's digest and see if i win the monthly drawing ;-]

"If wishes were horses, beggars would ride"
or
"I made this letter longer than usual because I lacked the time to make it short" - Blaise Pascal

Ever since I read Jacques Prévert I automatically think of "some twit" when I see Blaise Pascal, even if I hardly know the man. :P

@figlesquidge Where did you get that?

"In conclusion, in mercenaries dastardy is most dangerous; in auxiliaries, valour. The wise prince, therefore, has always avoided these arms and turned to his own; and has been willing rather to lose with them than to conquer with others, not deeming that a real victory which is gained with the arms of others." -Machiavelli, The Prince

You know, when things are so easily available on-line, it's always best to check such grand claims for yourself. If someone says something completely contrary to popular belief, looking it up is always advised: either you'll discover he was an idiot, either you'll find proof to support this belief when you share it with others. Either way, research is necessary to both avoid holding baseless beliefs and looking like a fool (whether you are right or not).

don;t upset the applecart

a good friend bails you out of jail, but a true friend turns to you and says "damn, that was fun!"

"Heaven for climate, Hell for company" -Mark Twain

"Some thinds are better left unsaid"- a lot like this thread, really;)

"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx