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A nation is a society united by a delusion about it's ancestry and by common hatred of it's neighbours.
A nation is a society united by a delusion about it's ancestry and by common hatred of it's neighbours.
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.
Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.
Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.
What some invent, the rest enlarge.
What some invent, the rest enlarge.
People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbours.
People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbours.
Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good read more
Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.
Your neighbor is the man who needs you
Your neighbor is the man who needs you
For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?
For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?
