people - quotes

Karl Kraus, 1874-1936

was an Austrian author and journalist

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.

William Hazlitt, 1778-1830

was an English essayist

The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves.

Plato, ca. 427 BC-ca. 347 BC

was a Greek author and philosopher in Athens

The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness...This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.

( “The Republic” (Plato), ca 380 BC )

Oscar (Fingall O'Flahertie Wills) Wilde, 1854-1900

was an Irish dramatist, novelist, and poet

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.

(Sir) Kingsley (William) Amis, 1922-1995

was an English author and humorist

It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children.

( “One Fat Englishman”, 1963 )