Wit & Wisdom
From Thornton Wilder, Frederick Douglass, Elmore Leonard, Henry Kissinger, Christopher Morley, Pearl Bailey
“The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.”
Thornton Wilder, quoted in The Oklahoman
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”
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Frederick Douglass, quoted in USA Today
“If work was a good thing, the rich would have it all and not let you do it.”
Elmore Leonard, quoted in Forbes
“Ninety percent of politicians give the other 10 percent a bad name.”
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Henry Kissinger, quoted in the Financial Times
“There is only one success—to be able to spend your life in your own way.”
Novelist Christopher Morley, quoted in Vanity Fair
“There is a way to look at the past. Don’t hide from it.It will not catch you if you don’t repeat it.”
Singer/actress Pearl Bailey, quoted in the Newark, N.J., Star-Ledger
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