Wit & Wisdom

“Like a boil that must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be exposed to the light

of human conscience before it can be cured.”

Martin Luther King Jr., quoted in TheAtlantic.com

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“It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.”

Ronald Reagan, quoted in the United Press International

“Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don’t swallow it.”

Cartoonist Hank Ketcham, quoted in the Montreal Gazette

“People striving for approval from others become phony.”

Baseball player Ichiro Suzuki, quoted in the Tucson Citizen

“Money is a protection, a cloak; it can buy one quiet and some sort of dignity.”

Willa Cather, quoted in The Boston Globe

“There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson, quoted in the Monterey County, Calif., Herald

“A right is a responsibility in reverse.”

E.B. White, quoted in the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot