“Diplomacy is the art of saying ‘nice doggie’ until you can find a rock.”
Will Rogers, quoted in the Shreveport, La., Times
“Happiness is an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.’’
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“Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, quoted in Forbes.com
“The best car-safety device is a rearview mirror with a cop in it.”
Dudley Moore, quoted in BookReporter.com
“Life isn’t fair. It’s just fairer than death, that’s all.”
William Goldman, quoted in the Monterey County, Calif., Herald
“Never bear more than one trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds—all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have.”
Clergyman Edward Everett Hale, quoted in the Boulder, Colo., Weekly
“A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.”
Jack London, quoted in the Chicago Sun-Times
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