A mix of quotes and proverbs

1.The average man is a conformist accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.-Colin Wilson
2.The most damaging phrase in the language is:''It's always been done that way.''-Grace Hopper
3.No longer diverted by other emotions,I work the way a cow grazes.-Kathe Kollwitz(1867-1945)
4.Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.-Jean de La Fontaine(1621-1695)
5.Architecture is the art of how to waste space.-U.S.architect Philip Johnson(1906-2005)
6.Where the river is deepest it makes least noise.-Italian proverb
7.Friendships,like marriages,are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.-John D.MacDonald
8.Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.-Anonymous
9.All sins cast long shadows.-Irish proverb
10.There are always ears on the other side of the wall.-Chinese proverb
11.Uncool people never hurt anybody--all they do is collect stamps,read science-fiction books and stand on the end of railway platforms staring at trains.-Ben Elton
12.I do not want to die until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last twig has grown.-Kathe Kollwitz
13.The wise man is always good,but a good man is not always wise.-Chinese proverb
14.If man was what he ought to be,he would be adored by the animals.-Henry Amiel(1821-1881)
15.The intermediate stage between socialism and capitalism is alcoholism.-Norman Brenner
16.Money is the opposite of the weather.Nobody talks about it,but everybody does something about it.-Rebecca Johnson