Wit & Wisdom

“People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.”

Philosopher Dagobert D. Runes, quoted in The Village Voice

“Saving is a very fine thing. Especially if your parents have done it for you.”

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Winston Churchill, quoted in the Cardiff, U.K., Western Mail

“Character is much easier kept than recovered.”

Thomas Paine, quoted in the Rochester, N.Y., Democrat and Chronicle

“Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.”

Margaret Thatcher, quoted in the Monterey County, Calif., Herald

“Intelligence requires that you don’t defend an assumption.”

Physicist David Bohm, quoted in The Boston Globe

“Be yourself; everyone else is taken.”

Oscar Wilde, quoted in The Vancouver Sun

“Wishes cost nothing unless you want them to come true.”

Cartoonist Frank Tyger, quoted in Forbes.com