Wit & Wisdom
From: Aristotle, Abigail Van Buren, Lenny Bruce, Joan Didion, Robin Gibb, Ernest Hemingway, Ronald Reagan
“There is a foolish corner in the brain of the wisest man.”
Aristotle, quoted in Forbes.com
“If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.”
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Abigail Van Buren, quoted in the Monterey County, Calif., Herald
“Pain plus time equals humor.”
Lenny Bruce, quoted in WashingtonPost.com
“To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.”
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Joan Didion, quoted in RefDesk.com
“An artist is an artist because he is not happy with the world, so he creates his own existence.”
Robin Gibb, quoted in Billboard.com
“Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place, then come down and shoot the survivors.”
Ernest Hemingway, quoted in TheAwl.com
“All great change in America begins at the dinner table.”
Ronald Reagan, quoted in the Memphis Commercial Appeal
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