Wit & Wisdom
From John Lennon, Mark Twain, Jane Addams, Elmer G. Letterman, James Thurber, Victor Hugo
“A dream you dream alone may be a dream, but a dream two people dream together is a reality.”
John Lennon, quoted in The New York Times
“Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.”
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Mark Twain, quoted in Beliefnet.com
“Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we often might win, by fearing to attempt.”
William Shakespeare, in Measure for Measure.
“Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.”
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Author Elmer G. Letterman, quoted in TheBookreporter.com
“You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.”
James Thurber, quoted in The Huffington Post
“Forty is the old age of youth; 50 is the youth of old age.”
Victor Hugo, quoted in the Tampa Tribune
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