Wit & Wisdom

“The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.”

Milan Kundera, quoted in the Wilmington, Del., News Journal

“Las Vegas is the only place I know where money really talks—it says, ‘Goodbye.’”

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Frank Sinatra, quoted in the Monterey County, Calif., Herald

“The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.”

Henry Ward Beecher, quoted in the Associated Press

“Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals.”

Poet Samuel Ullman, quoted in Forbes

“When we learn to tolerate boredom, we find out who we really are.”

Author Naomi Alderman, quoted in The Wall Street Journal

“I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the

years of maturity.”

Albert Einstein, quoted in the St. Petersburg, Fla., Times

“Politeness was invented by wise men to keep fools at a distance.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson, quoted in Harper’s