Selected quotation

"To wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors."

~ François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire)



Various books with quotations, aphorisms and proverbs:

The Yale Book of Quotations

8,789 Words of Wisdom

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

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature (17th Edition)

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

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

The Book of Positive Quotations, 2nd Edition

Best Quotations for All Occasions

Great Quotes from Great Leaders

Chinese Proverbs

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

Doonesbury.com's The War in Quotes