The presence of danger confers genius on the sensible man.
There is no one who learns something simply by having heard it, and those who do not make an effort on their own in certain things end up knowing them only superficially...
J. Eckermann
Man is the only animal that needs to work.
Immanuel Kant
I defend a small and strong State
Margaret Thatcher
When two armies of equivalent strength face each other, the one that suffers from sustaining the war will achieve victory.
Lao Tzu
You should only read books written more than a hundred years ago.
Jorge Luis Borges