Walter Bagehot
“It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.” [Quotes of the Day]

Friedrich Nietzsche
“In heaven all the interesting people are missing.” [via Quotes of the Day]

Tom Stoppard
“Eternity’s a terrible thought. I mean, where’s it all going to end?” [via Quotes of the Day]

Douglas Adams
“The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.” [via Quotes of the Day]

Harry Shearer
“If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?” [via Quotes of the Day]

Friedrich Nietzsche
“Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.” [via Quotes of the Day]

Mark Twain
“I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.” [via Quotes of the Day]

Laurence J. Peter
“If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.” [via Quotes of the Day]

Oscar Wilde
“I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability.” [via Quotes of the Day]