Wit & Wisdom

“Immortality, or a state without death, would be meaningless … because death gives meaning

to life.”

Philosopher Bernard Williams, quoted in The Kansas City Star

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“The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.”

Writer André Gide, quoted in The Jerusalem Post

“Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.”

Albert Camus, quoted in The Denver Post

“They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”

Andy Warhol, quoted in the Louisville Courier-Journal

“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”

James Baldwin, quoted in the Huntington, W.Va., Herald-Dispatch

“At 18 our convictions are hills from which we look; at 45 they are caves in which we hide.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald, quoted in the London Times

“Home is not where you live, but where they understand you.”

Author Christian Morgenstern, quoted in the Montreal Gazette