Selected quotation

"Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death."

~ Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, "The Brothers Karamazov"



Various books with quotations, aphorisms and proverbs:

Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit & Wisdom From History's Greatest Wordsmiths

Chinese Proverbs

Offerings: Buddhist Wisdom for Every Day (Offerings for Humanity)

America's Popular Sayings: Over 1600 Expressions on Topics from Beauty to Money and Everything In Between

Doonesbury.com's The War in Quotes

Ancient Wisdom: The Book of Proverbs With Devotions for Today

The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Time (In Two Lines or Less)

101 French Proverbs

Apronisms: Pocket Wisdom for Every Day

Everyday Positive Thinking

Best Quotations for All Occasions