Wit & Wisdom
From: Otto von Bismarck; G.K. Chesterton; Henri Bergson; George Will; Margaret Mead; Frank Herbert; Maya Angelou
“Vanity is a mortgage that must be deducted from the value of a man.”
Otto von Bismarck, quoted in Forbes.com
“Silence is the unbearable repartee.”
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G.K. Chesterton, quoted in The New Yorker
“There is no perception that is not full of memories.”
Henri Bergson, quoted in The Boston Globe
“The four most important words in politics are ‘up to a point.’”
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George Will, quoted in TheDailyBeast.com
“It’s easier to change a man’s religion than to change his diet.”
Margaret Mead, quoted in the Niagara Falls, N.Y., Gazette
“The greatest and most important problems of life cannot be solved. They can only be outgrown.”
Novelist Frank Herbert, quoted in The Village Voice
“You want me to do something—tell me I can’t do it.”
Maya Angelou, quoted in the Montreal Gazette
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