Wit & Wisdom
From Soren Kierkegaard, William Jennings Bryan, Franklin Pierce Adams, Paul Fix, John Milton, Clare Boothe Luce, Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Whoever has learned to be anxious in the right way has learned the ultimate.”
Soren Kierkegaard, quoted in NYDailyNews.com
“Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.”
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William Jennings Bryan, quoted in United Press International
“Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.”
Journalist Franklin Pierce Adams, quoted in NewYorker.com
“The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it’s unfamiliar territory.”
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Actor Paul Fix, quoted in The Buffalo News
“I cannot praise a fugitive or cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary.”
John Milton, quoted in Bookforum.com
“There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown helpless about them.”
Clare Boothe Luce, quoted in the Associated Press
“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, quoted in the Columbus, Ohio, Dispatch
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