Wit & Wisdom

From Russell Lynes, Baron de Montesquieu, Former Secretary of State James Baker, Malachy McCourt, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jules Renard, René Descartes

“The only graceful way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can’t ignore it, top it; if you can’t top it, laugh at it; if you can’t laugh at it,

it’s probably deserved.”

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