Wit & Wisdom

From: Samuel Johnson, Sydney J. Harris, Walter Bagehot, John Locke, Jonathan Swift, Edgar Watson Howe

“The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.”

Samuel Johnson, quoted in The New York Times

“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.”

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Journalist Sydney J. Harris, quoted in The Huffington Post

“Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to think other men’s thoughts, to speak other men’s words, to follow other men’s habits.”

Walter Bagehot, quoted in Humanevents.com

“What worries you, masters you.”

John Locke, quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle

“Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own.”

Jonathan Swift, quoted in the London Independent

“A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.”

Edgar Watson Howe, quoted in Forbes.com

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