Wit & Wisdom

“He who fears he shall suffer already suffers what he fears.”

Michel de Montaigne, quoted in Refdesk.com

“The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.”

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Winston Churchill, quoted in TheStreet.com

“Some things are just too coincidental to be a coincidence.”

Yogi Berra, quoted in Reuters.com

“What experience and history teach us is that people and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it.”

G.W.F. Hegel, quoted in the Monterey County, Calif., Herald

“Fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention.”

Author Amy Tan, quoted in The Boston Globe

“To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.”

Baruch Spinoza, quoted in Forbes.com

“The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.”

Jackie Robinson, quoted in the Montreal Gazette