Humorous Sayings

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Through shallow intellect, the mind becomes shallow, and one eats the fly, along with the sweets.

— Guru Nanak c. 15th-16th century
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Why do you call her inferior, when from her, kings are born?

— Guru Nanak c. 15th-16th century
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False is the body, false are the clothes; false is beauty.

— Guru Nanak c. 15th-16th century
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Only fools argue whether to eat meat or not. They don't understand truth nor do they meditate on it.

— Guru Nanak c. 15th-16th century
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For each and every person, our Lord and Master provides sustenance. Why are you so afraid, O mind? The flamingos fly hundreds of miles, leaving their young ones behind. Who feeds them, and who teaches them to feed themselves? Have you ever thought of…

— Guru Nanak c. 15th-16th century
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I don't care that they stole my idea . . I care that they don't have any of their own.

— Nikola Tesla Late 19th - early 20th century (approximate)
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If your hate could be turned into electricity, it would light up the whole world.

— Nikola Tesla Late 19th - early 20th century (approximate)
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Einstein's relativity work is a magnificent mathematical garb which fascinates, dazzles and makes people blind to the underlying errors. The theory is like a beggar clothed in purple whom ignorant people take for a king... its exponents are brilliant…

— Nikola Tesla 1935
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The theory of relativity is a mass of errors and deceptive ideas violently opposed to the teachings of the great men of science of the past and even to common sense.

— Nikola Tesla 1930s (approximate)
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You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension.

— Nikola Tesla 1935
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Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.

— Nikola Tesla Late 19th - early 20th century (approximate)
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Of all things, I liked books best.

— Nikola Tesla Late 19th - early 20th century (approximate)
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A man is born to work, to suffer and to fight; he who doesn't, must perish.

— Nikola Tesla Late 19th - early 20th century (approximate)
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Restraint has not always been according to my taste, but my pleasurable experiences are a huge reward.

— Nikola Tesla Late 19th - early 20th century (approximate)
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I would give a thousand secrets of nature upon which I stumbled by accident, in exchange for this one which I extracted from nature, in spite of all the miracles and dangers which I faced.

— Nikola Tesla Late 19th - early 20th century (approximate)
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This gives you vigor and vitality.

— Nikola Tesla Pre-1910 (before Twain's death)
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Not by a jugfull, I am enjoying myself.

— Nikola Tesla Pre-1910 (before Twain's death)
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Quick, Tesla! Where is it?

— Nikola Tesla Pre-1910 (before Twain's death)
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We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.

— Thomas Edison Late 19th - early 20th century (approximate)
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Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.

— Thomas Edison Late 19th - early 20th century (approximate)
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