Wit & Wisdom

“No matter how smart you thought you were, you are actually way less smart than that.”

David Foster Wallace, quoted in The Boston Globe

“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”

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Marcus Aurelius, quoted in Complex.com

“We are always the same age inside.”

Gertrude Stein, quoted in the Grand Canyon News

“Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.”

Warren Buffett, quoted in HuffingtonPost.com

“Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.”

Jean-Paul Sartre, quoted in BuzzFeed.com

“The face of a child can say it all. Especially the mouth part of the face.”

Jack Handey, quoted in TheAtlantic.com

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”

Old Greek proverb, quoted in DiscoverMagazine.com