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"The illustrious group of socially harmful rip-offs and self-servers who have long sucked out the vitality of our society will soon be reinforced by the crisis winners." - Prof. Querulix (*1946), German aphorist and satirist

"The stone and leg swear, should also do so on their stone heart." Martin Gerhard Reisenberg (*1949), graduate librarian and author

What do we expect from a generation that squirts away their laugh lines with nerve agent? Frank Wisniewski (*1957), computer scientist, technical editor and systems analyst

"The most mendacious form of misogyny hides behind the mask of women's friendliness" Gerald Dunkl (*1959), Austrian psychologist and aphorist

"Eloquence: Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842 - 1914), named Bitter Pierce, American journalist and satirist

"A small place that you fill completely is a place of honor, the largest one that you do not suffice, a pillory." Otto von Leixner (1847 - 1907), actually Otto von Grünberg, German novelist, poet and literary historian

"Pechvogel – always a little proud of his malheur." Paul Mommertz

"Positive thinking is at worst a zero number." Ernst Ferstl (*1955), Austrian teacher, poet and aphorist

"Concentration makes us astute. Meditation makes us receptive. Contemplation makes us intuitive." - Sri Chinmoy (1931-2007)

"Spirit does not necessarily require intelligence per se, but necessarily the intelligence of the heart." - Peter Rudl

"You like to spend breaks without interruption." Brigitte Fuchs (*1951), Swiss author, lyricist, language player

"The New Year, a collection of wishes of happiness and blessings. Many are immediately disposed of." Otto Baumgartner-Amstad (*1924), Swiss official, correspondent of the Nidwaldner Volksblatt and author of the Volksbühne

René Descartes (1596 - 1650), Latin Renatus Cartesius, French philosopher, mathematician, naturalist and founder of rationalism

"Confidential information is indeed the origin of every great fortune these days." - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Irish poet, playwright and stage writer.

"One should not impose oneself, and it is better if one does not do it right to all people." Adolph Freiherr von Knigge (1752 - 1796), German lawyer, civil servant and satirist

"Chocolate is God's excuse for broccoli." Proverb from the Internet

"Suspension is an attempt to prolong the present." Hans Ulrich Bänziger (*1938), Swiss psychologist and writer.

"It is easier to pluck a mountain from its root with a needle than to pluck the sin of selfishness from the heart." - Persian Proverb

"Friendship is in touch, love is under the skin." Manfred Hinrich (1926 - 2015), Dr. phil., German philosopher.

"Göllerei is the enemy of the ability to enjoy." Helmut Glaßl

"With the donation of money you can help people, with the donation of blood even save." Helmut Glaßl (*1950), Dipl.-Ing., Aphoristiker.

"Wollust of the Spirit: keep it secret; Pleasure of the flesh: Destroy the mystery." - Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), Count Tolstoy, Russian narrator and novelist

"Do beautiful, pleasant things for the good! For nothing is good that makes gloom rather than joy." - Leopold Schefer (1784-1862), German poet

"Happiness goes hand in hand with satisfaction." Annette Andersen (*1953), German author

Fish have fins, people have fins. With this you move through life like through water." Elmar Schenkel (*1953), Anglist, author, translator, painter.

"Suddenly, what was previously confused becomes a jumble." Hans Ulrich Bänziger (*1938), Swiss psychologist and writer

"Ideas managed by organizations are always at the mercy of their instrumentalization and thus threaten to become platitudes." Jens Leinenbach (* 1976), German computer scientist

"Happy moments are the icing on the cake of life." Lilli U. Kreßner (*1957), writer, poet, newspaper columnist

"When Weichling is no longer an insult, the hard times are over." Walter Ludin, (*1945) Swiss journalist, Capuchin, editor, aphorist and author

"He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander." - Napoleon I Bonaparte (1769-1821)

"Christmas reveals the temperatures in people's interactions with each other." - Karl Lehmann

"Krimskrams are things that you have picked up for ten years and then finally thrown away - two weeks before you need them." Origin Unknown

"Only the extravagant has a chance of being noticed." - Squidward Troll (1914-1980)

Advent is the time for reflection. One rushes from contemplation to contemplation." Gabriella Leone-Eckhardt (*1946)

"Even catastrophes and accidents have their lovers and admirers." - Franz Friedrich Kovacs

A chat is a featherball game between harmless kindnesses. Gossip poisoned." - Peter Horton

"Superstition is the spleen of the soul." - Alexander Pope

"Gravity gathers poorly." German proverb

"Competence acts – incompetence reacts." Stefan Rogal

"Wisdom is colorful." - Georg Skrypzak

But be careful, your life is just as you see it. A book is exciting or sad. It depends on who reads it." - Thomas S. Lutter

"The first stage of decay: "Become of age." - Billy (Walter Fürs)

"If we do not consume, we are nothing but junk for the market" Thomas Häntsch

"Wrath makes the weak strong." - Ovid Roman Epicist

Suicide is the quickest and most pain-saving way to say goodbye to this world when our situation is hopeless. But it also documents our last selfishness." - Waltraud Puzicha

"Need is effortless." - Else Pannek

"It is very curious how differently one can look at a thing, depending on whether it concerns us or someone else." -Jeremiah

Nothing against gossip and gossip. At least you talk to each other." - Paul Mommertz

"A life without festivals is like a long hike without a stop." - Democritus (460-370 BC), Greek philosopher of nature

"If the car seat sticks to the tail, July is sunny and hot." Modern Farmer's Rule

"Summer is the time when it's too hot to do what it was too cold to do in winter." - Mark Twain

"The baby has a little frostbite!" Sid the sloth from the movie Ice Age

"Online bookmarks: Digital donkey ear" KarlHeinz Karius

"In order to understand the gigantic cosmos, one should first try to understand the micro-cosmos in one's own head." Helmut Glaßl

Are you also amazed by this speed in e-mail traffic? But that's nothing! I am always stunned that confidential content seems to spread before the mail can even arrive!" peter e. schumacher

"Whoever says nonsense is not the ultimate." - Waltraud Puzicha

"Brain fidget: The material from which illusions are made." peter e. schumacher

Of course I respect the right. But even with the right one must not be so fussy." konrad adenauer

"To be also a lamentation in the mouth of the beloved is glorious" how true this sentence is and so to speak describes it.

"Laziness is actually just the stupid habit of resting before you get tired!" As this sentence describes laziness well.

"God knows everything - the neighborhood even more!" There is a lot of truth to it.

Be clear about yourself and your environment.

"Arrogance comes before the fall" which means so much, whoever considers himself infallible will be punished for it at some point. I'm talking about my experiences with this phenomenon and what I've experienced with it.

Is this all real or just lies and deceit?

Living in a bubble