Top 14 Adventavit Asinus Quotes

#1. There is a point in every philosophy at which the "conviction" of the philosopher appears on the scene; or, to put it in the words of an ancient mystery: adventavit asinus, / pulcher et fortissimus. (Translation: The ass arrives, beautiful and most brave.)

Friedrich Nietzsche

#2. I asked him what he wanted to do for his career, and he replied that he wanted to go into a particular field, but thought he should work for McKinsey for a few years first to add to his resume. To me that's like saving sex for your old age. It makes no sense.

Warren Buffett

#3. Say not: "When I have free time I shall study", for you may perhaps never have any free time

Hillel The Elder

#4. Maybe - just maybe - going through the small-minded, scared, angry, petty Abbott era is the antidote we needed to combat the slow poison of decades of public apathy about politics.

Andrew P. Street

#5. The three basic material rights
continuity, mutual obligation, and the pursuit of happiness.

David Brin

#6. Here are some of the questions and answers to an examination paper in chess that was given some time ago

Siegbert Tarrasch

#7. I don't know who I am or who I was. I know it less than ever. I do and I don't identify myself with myself. Everything is totally contradictory, but maybe I have remained exactly as I was as a small boy of twelve.

Alberto Giacometti

#8. Nobody wants to kiss when they are hungry.

Dorothy Dix

#9. He did not suggest that she sit quietly and get to know herself so she could be all the company she needed.

Louise Penny

#10. The number was: "2 B R 0 2 B.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

#11. It has pleased Nature so to make us that we attain happiness only by way of pain.

Marquis De Sade

#12. When there is too much to say it is easier to say nothing at all.

Patricia Wentworth

#13. Acting was always something I loved doing, but I didn't know that I would pursue it professionally. I really loved doing plays at school, but I was in a rock band and ended up going to a school for music.

Jesse Johnson

#14. Life isn't long enough (anymore) to read what I don't enjoy.

Vera Mont

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