Wit & Wisdom

“The respect of those you respect is worth more than the applause of the multitude.”

Author Arnold Glasow, quoted in TheWallStreetJournal.com

“It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness.”

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Chuck Palahniuk, quoted in the Lincoln, Neb., Journal Star

“In all crises of human affairs there are two broad courses open to a man. He can stay where he is or he can go elsewhere.”

P.G. Wodehouse, quoted in First Things

“Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.”

Voltaire, quoted in Forbes

“Stupidity lies in wanting to draw conclusions.”

Gustave Flaubert, quoted in the London Telegraph

“Fame is the circumstance of one man imparting an erotic terror to the dreams of the republic.”

Don DeLillo, quoted in The Village Voice

“Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.”

Essayist Phyllis Theroux, quoted in the Montreal Gazette