“Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel.”
Banker Sir John Quinton, quoted in The Hartford Courant
“The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.”
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“Individualism is rather like innocence; there must be something unconscious about it.”
Critic Louis Kronenberger, quoted in Newsday
“All excess, as well as all renunciation, brings its own punishment.”
Oscar Wilde, quoted in The New Yorker
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.”
Writer Ambrose Redmoon, quoted in the Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., Times
“A man who correctly guesses a woman’s age may be smart, but he’s not very bright.”
Lucille Ball, quoted in the Jacksonville, Fla., Times-Union
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
Lord Chesterfield, quoted in the St. Paul, Minn., Pioneer Press
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