“The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides.”
Philosopher Henri-Frédéric Amiel, quoted in the Associated Press
“Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn’t have to do it himself.”
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“No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.”
“Get your facts first, then you can distort them how you please.”
Mark Twain, quoted in the Des Moines Register
“The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.”
H.L. Mencken, quoted in the Enid, Okla., News & Eagle
“Character—the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life—is the source from which self-respect springs.”
Joan Didion, quoted in Bookreporter.com
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