“A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.”
Philosopher Eric Hoffer, quoted in The Huffington Post
“Holding anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”
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“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.”
Philosopher Henri Bergson, quoted in the Albany, N.Y., Times Union
“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.”
Scottish politician Walter Elliott, quoted in the Montreal Gazette
“A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little ‘personal characteristics.’”
Journalist Helen Rowland, quoted in the Associated Press
“In the particular lies the universal.”
James Joyce, quoted in The Providence Journal-Bulletin
“Easy reading is damn hard writing.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne, quoted in Ebony
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Political cartoons for November 30Cartoons Sunday's political cartoons include the Saudi-China relationship, MAGA spelled wrong, and more
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Rothermere’s Telegraph takeover: ‘a right-leaning media powerhouse’Talking Point Deal gives Daily Mail and General Trust more than 50% of circulation in the UK newspaper market
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The US-Saudi relationship: too big to fail?Talking Point With the Saudis investing $1 trillion into the US, and Trump granting them ‘major non-Nato ally’ status, for now the two countries need each other
