#paraphrased

Charity . . . is the opium of the privileged. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#paraphrased #charity

Evil will win if good people do nothing. ↗

— P.C. Cast

#real-talk #good-and-evil

There's none so blind as those who will not listen. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#paraphrased #stubbornness #americans

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a thirty-something woman in possession of a satisfying career and fabulous hairdo must be in want of very little ↗

— Shannon Hale

#romantic-humor #humor

We didn't land on plymouth rock, Plymouth rock landed on us". ↗

— Malcolm X

#cole-porter #paraphrased #song-lyrics #song-lyrics

Those unable to catalog the past are doomed to repeat it. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#doomed-to-repeat-it #history #humor #paraphrased #humor

When a man plans, a woman laughs. ↗

— David Wong

#humour #men #paraphrased #plans #women

Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to correct for subjective error. ↗

— Linus Pauling

#paraphrased #science #inspirational

If a tree falls in the forest and it hits a mime, would he make a noise? ↗

— Brad Warner

#paraphrased #death

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a large ego must be in want of a woman to cut him down to size ↗

— Melissa Nathan

#melissa-nathan #paraphrased #pride-and-prejudice #humor