Wit & Wisdom
Eleanor Roosevelt; Robert Frost; Anton Chekhov
“Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.”
Eleanor Roosevelt, quoted in HuffingtonPost.com
“An idea is a feat of association.”
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Robert Frost, quoted in Investor’s Business Daily
“One should never indulge in useless lamentations over an inescapable state of affairs.”
Albert Camus, quoted in Politico.com
“You can do anything, but not everything.”
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Productivity consultant David Allen, quoted in Refdesk.com
“To know one’s self is wisdom, but not to know one’s neighbors is genius.”
Writer Minna Antrim, quoted in the Associated Press
“It is only by being in trouble that people understand how far from easy it is to be the master of one’s feelings and thoughts.”
Anton Chekhov, quoted in The Boston Globe
“There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.”
George Santayana, quoted in the Monterey County, Calif., Herald
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