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Re: Wit & Wisdom
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:31 pm
by noreply66
Better to live one year as a tiger than a hundred as sheep.
Madonna, quoted in the Memphis Commercial Appeal
Re: Wit & Wisdom
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:37 pm
by noreply66
many a man thinks he is patient when, in reaity, he is indifferent.
Scottish journalist B.C. Forbes, quoted in the Augusta, Ga., Chronicle
Re: Wit & Wisdom
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:37 pm
by noreply66
The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
G.K.Chesterton, quoted in the London Independent
Re: Wit & Wisdom
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 2:03 pm
by noreply66
A man who is ignorant of foreign languages is ignorant of his own.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, quoted in the Wausau, Wis., daily Herald
Re: Wit & Wisdom
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:21 pm
by MariettaPride21
winning
Re: Wit & Wisdom
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:46 pm
by noreply66
To invent, you need agood imagination and a pile of junk.
Thomas Edison, quoted in The wall Street Journal
Re: Wit & Wisdom
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:01 pm
by noreply66
You don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotitate.
British journalist Stephen Pollard, quoted in the London Times
Re: Wit & Wisdom
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:29 pm
by noreply66
Fire is the test of gold adversity of strong men.
Seneca,quoted in The washington Post
Re: Wit & Wisdom
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:28 pm
by BOHICA
The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.
William James
Re: Wit & Wisdom
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 5:54 am
by BubbleGumTiger
Smile, it's the second best thing you can do with your lips.
Re: Wit & Wisdom
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:21 pm
by noreply66
conceit is God's gift to little men.
Bruce barton,quoted in the Associated Press
Re: Wit & Wisdom
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:04 pm
by noreply66
Worry is a misuse of imagination.
Writer Dan Zadra, quoted in the Syracuse, N.Y. Times
Re: Wit & Wisdom
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:12 pm
by noreply66
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
Marie Curie, quoted in The Times of India
Re: Wit & Wisdom
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:26 pm
by noreply66
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
Sydney J. Harris, quoted in the Brantford, Ontario, Expositor
Re: Wit & Wisdom
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:33 pm
by noreply66
To contract new debts is not the way to pay old ones.
George Washington,quoted in The Motley Fool
Re: Wit & Wisdom
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:21 pm
by noreply66
Hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld, quoted in the London Guardian
Re: Wit & Wisdom
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 7:17 pm
by noreply66
When you're certain you cannot be fooled, you become easy to fool.
Edward Teller, quoted in the New York Times
Re: Wit & Wisdom
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:51 pm
by noreply66
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.
Benjamin Disraeli, quoted in the Lowell, Mass., Sun
Re: Wit & Wisdom
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:17 pm
by noreply66
Nothing is permanent in this wicked world-not even our troubles.
Charlie Chaplin, quoted in the karachi, Pakistan, dawn
Re: Wit & Wisdom
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:07 pm
by noreply66
There go the people.I must follow them. I am theit leader.
Alexander Ledru-Rollin, Quoted in the New York Times