Wit & Wisdom

“History keeps repeating itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.”

Clarence Darrow, quoted in the Westchester, N.Y., Journal News

“The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible.”

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Businessman Bernard Baruch, quoted in the Montreal Gazette

“Character is like a tree and a reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”

Abraham Lincoln, quoted in CNBC.com

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”

Maya Angelou, quoted in the Nashville Tennessean

“The proper time to influence the character of a child is about 100 years before he is born.”

Theologian William Ralph Inge, quoted in Forbes.com

“Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness in human nature.”

Poet Joseph Addison, quoted in the Zimbabwe Independent

“Being right half the time beats being half-right all the time.”

Malcolm Forbes, quoted in the Associated Press