Wit & Wisdom

“No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.”

Bertrand Russell, quoted in Time Out Chicago

“Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness.”

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Playwright Sacha Guitry, quoted in the Associated Press

“Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.”

H.L. Mencken, quoted in dBusinessnews.com

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”

Flannery O’Connor, quoted in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

“It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn’t.”

Martin Van Buren, quoted in the Memphis Commercial Appeal

“There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts.”

Voltaire, quoted in the Lowell, Mass., Sun

“Polite conversation is rarely either.”

Fran Lebowitz, quoted in Allure

“Sometimes I think we’re alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we’re not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.’’

Arthur C. Clarke, quoted in the London Sunday Times