Wit & Wisdom
from Martin Luther King Jr., Mario Cuomo, Herman Hesse, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Johnson
“The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.”
Martin Luther King Jr., quoted in The New Yorker
“We campaign in poetry, but govern in prose.”
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Mario Cuomo, quoted in The Hartford Courant
“If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn’t part of ourselves doesn’t disturb us.”
Herman Hesse, quoted in the Associated Press
“The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.”
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh, quoted in The International Herald Tribune
“The heart of a fool is his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is his heart.”
Benjamin Franklin, quoted in Book Reporter
“Keep your friendships in good repair.”
Samuel Johnson, quoted in the Financial Times
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