Wit & Wisdom

“War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.”

Ambrose Bierce, quoted in Breitbart.com

“You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.”

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Eleanor Roosevelt, quoted in Time

“There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.”

William James, quoted in the Omaha World-Herald

“We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.”

Iris Murdoch, quoted in the Associated Press

“Crime is art for lazy people.”

Cee Lo Green, quoted in the New York Daily News

“To live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.”

Epictetus, quoted in The Boston Globe

“All the world’s a stage, and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.”

Playwright Seán O’Casey, quoted in the Detroit Free Press