Raramente conhecemos alguém de bom senso, além daqueles que concordam connosco.

François, Duque de La Rochefoucauld

Só podemos ter certeza absoluta das coisas que não compreendemos.

Só tem convicções aquele que não aprofundou nada.

O bom humor tem algo de generoso: dá mais do que recebe.

O que é a beleza ? uma nova aptidão para nos dar prazer.

"Do anything to me!' he yelled. 'You've been starving me for weeks. Finish it off and let me die. Shoot me. Hang me. Sentence me to twenty-five years. Is there somebody else you want me to give away? Just say who it is and I'll tell you anything you want. I don't care who it is or what you do to them. I've got a wife and three children. The biggest of them isn't six years old. You can take the whole lot of them and cut their throats in front of my eyes, and I'll stand by and watch it. But not room 101!"

in 1984 de George Orwell