My parents only had one argument in forty-five years. It lasted forty-three years.

He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain.

—Chinese proverb

It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy.

—Chinese proverb

Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.

—Chinese proverb

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.

—Chinese proverb

When you drink the water, remember the spring.

—Chinese proverb

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

—Cathy Ladman

How many a dispute could have been deflated into a single paragraph if the disputants had dared to define their terms.

—Ayn Rand

Violence stinks no matter which side of it you're on. But now and then there's nothing left to do but hit the other person over the head with a frying pan.

—Tom Robbins

The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.

—Friedrich Nietzsche

Tis an ill wind that blows no minds.

—Malaclypse the Younger