Book: The history of the world in 10 1/2 chapters

... What nature cannot do is lie. She just goes ahead and does his thing... walking right and no one inflates. Sometimes it might not be too pleasant but I will not lie.

Always get what I want, or never get what you want, in the end, the difference is not so great.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second time as farce.

Take, for example, king penguin: the male incubates the eggs, carries them on his feet for months and protects against the Antarctic cold under fat folds in the abdomen... Okay, answer the second, how about a male elephant? Lying the whole day on the beach and Fucks all the females within reach. It is distressing, it seems that the behavior of the elephant, it is more typical than a penguin. Besides, knowing your gender, I am inclined to doubt the altruism of the latter. Most likely, the male penguin just realized that if have to be stuck in Antarctica for so many years in a row, it would be wise to sit at home and babysit the egg until the female catches the fish in icy water. That is just chose the most favorable tactics.

History is not what happened. History is just what historians tell us.

People like to get what they want, not what they deserve.

What made the violin? Of wood but from sheep intestines. But unless the music becomes vulgar or banal? On the contrary, it delights us even more.

Loving, we gain a remarkable capacity for compassion, be sure to begin to see the world differently. Without this gift you will not be able to become neither a good lover nor a good artist nor a good politician (pretend, of course, you can, but it's not about that).

"I love you". The first thing I will hide these words on the top shelf; in an iron box, a glass which in the case supposed to break elbow; in a reliable Bank. You can't throw them anywhere, just the tube with vitamin C. If these words are always at hand, we begin to resort to them without thinking; we are not strong enough to abstain.