What is the most powerfull quote in literature for you?

[Tiberius]

and one more, from Socrates:

"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher."

[Daz]

The goals justify the means.

Machiavelli

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Tiberius
and one more, from Socrates:

"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher."

Is that from Plato or Xenophon (I suspect the latter).

[FrustratedPoet]

This gets me every time. Very powerful and moving IMHO.

If we are mark'd to die, we are enow
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my desires:
But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive.
No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England:
God's peace! I would not lose so great an honour
As one man more, methinks, would share from me
For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more!
Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart; his passport shall be made
And crowns for convoy put into his purse:
We would not die in that man's company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.

And the rest of that speech too, but I won't quote it all here.

[Drake Tungsten]

Good call, FP. I'm no limey, but it does something to me as well. Gotta respect one of the best Frog killers of all time...

[Verres]

"The little sweet doth kill much bitternes" - Keats

[TheStinger]

"Space is big, no really big, you thought that it was a long way to the shops, well thats peanuts compared to space."

(more or less)

Douglas Adams

[Vesayen]

That's a really good one too!

*misses Douglas Adams *

[rah]

"Vengence is Mine says the Lord; I shall repay".
Tolstoy

and
"Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoset" or "Kill them all. God will know His own." Caesarius
Later modified to "Kill them all and let God sort them out."

[monolith94]

Well, if you're going to get all biblical vengeance and stuff, you should find something a bit more subtle, like the club dumas.

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by Sava
that paragraph I quoted made more sense than Peter, Paul, Matthew, Luke... err... John... uhmm... Barry... uhmm... Bruce...

Let me ask you something Sava.
Do you think in my life-time I'll see the day when you can just post your opinion without belittling what I, in particular, or others in general, have said ?

Frankly, I have my doubts.

[Sava]

Originally posted by SlowwHand


Let me ask you something Sava.
Do you think in my life-time I'll see the day when you can just post your opinion without belittling what I, in particular, or others in general, have said ?

Frankly, I have my doubts.

I don't recall saying anything to you. In fact, I was talking to Berz. I just gave you a Dizzy smiley because you are dizzy. Don't exagerrate your importance.

[SlowwHand]

Thank you for confirming every point I made.

[Sava]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Thank you for confirming every point I made.

sigh... don't make the mistake of taking what I say personally. My opinions on religion have nothing to do with you. That's just the way I feel. Sorry if my opinions are offensive to you.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

"Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious" or so said Oscar Wilde.