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Friendship2 quotes
Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship. — Oscar Wilde · 1892The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself. — Moliere · 1666
These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can't live with them, or without them! — Aristophanes · 411 BCBetween men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship. — Oscar Wilde · 1892
Certainty1 quote
'Tis impossible to be sure of any thing but death and taxes. — Christopher Bullock · 1716
Death1 quote
'Tis impossible to be sure of any thing but death and taxes. — Christopher Bullock · 1716
These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can't live with them, or without them! — Aristophanes · 411 BC
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself. — Moliere · 1666
Old age1 quote
The old are in a second childhood. — Aristophanes · 423 BC
You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding and a vulgar manner. — Aristophanes · 424 BC
Stars1 quote
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. — Oscar Wilde · 1892
Taxes1 quote
'Tis impossible to be sure of any thing but death and taxes. — Christopher Bullock · 1716
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. — Oscar Wilde · 1892
You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding and a vulgar manner. — Aristophanes · 424 BC
Women1 quote
These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can't live with them, or without them! — Aristophanes · 411 BC
The old are in a second childhood. — Aristophanes · 423 BC