Wit & Wisdom

“The older you get, the stronger the wind gets—and it’s always in your face.”

Pablo Picasso, quoted in the Montreal Gazette

“A man of understanding has lost nothing, if he has himself.”

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Michel de Montaigne, quoted in United Press International

“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.”

Gertrude Stein, quoted in the Associated Press

“Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.”

Reinhold Niebuhr, quoted in The New York Times

“A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.”

John le Carré, quoted in the London Guardian

“A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and

a pebble in the hand of a fool.”

Cartographer Joseph Roux, quoted in Forbes

“To recognize that the soul of man is unknowable is the ultimate achievement of wisdom. The final mystery is oneself.”

Oscar Wilde, quoted in the Melbourne Age