Marginis Quotes & Sayings

The people in this world who scorn me
no doubt have a special wisdom,
so I don't write for them:
instead I write with the thought
that since the world is wide and time is endless,
one day someone will be born
whose nature is the same as mine. — Bhavabhuti

Being a senior doesn't automatically make one wise but the wise & foolish alike have things to teach us. — Allan Lokos

It is impossible to separate a cube into two cubes, or a fourth power into two fourth powers, or in general, any power higher than the second, into two like powers. I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of this, which this margin is too narrow to contain.
[Cubum autem in duos cubos, aut quadratoquadratum in duos quadratoquadratos & generaliter nullam in infinitum ultra quadratum potestatem in duos eiusdem nominis fas est dividere cuius rei demonstrationem mirabilem sane detexi. Hanc marginis exiguitas non caperet.] — Pierre De Fermat

By now, he was also a 'Protestant Atheist', which he remained all his life. — John Ellis

Next time I see you, remind me not to talk to you. — Groucho Marx

When they pray, what do they say to God? — Jonathan Kozol

Just because [butterflies'] lives were short didn't mean they were tragic ... See, they have a beautiful life. — Lisa Genova

Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a person as if he were where he could be and should be, and he will become what he could be and should be. — Jimmy Johnson