“Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.”
Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, quoted in The Guardian (U.K.)
“The more intelligent a man is, the more originality he discovers in others.”
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“The Greek word for ‘return’ is nostos. Algos means ‘suffering.’ So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.”
Milan Kundera, quoted in DangerousMinds.net
“A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.”
British statesman Harold Macmillan, quoted in the Norwich, N.Y., Evening Sun
“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
Author Terry Pratchett, quoted in the Montreal Gazette
“What you have to do is work with the raw material you have, namely you, and never let up.”
Helen Gurley Brown, quoted in the Louisville Courier-Journal
“Everyone is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day. Wisdom consists in not exceeding that limit.”
Writer Elbert Hubbard, quoted in The Village Voice
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