Wit & Wisdom

“Fortune favors the audacious.”

Desiderius Erasmus, quoted in Forbes.com

“We must take change by the hand or rest assuredly, change will take us by the throat.”

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Winston Churchill, quoted in the Pekin, Ill., Daily Times

“Politics is the art of making the inevitable appear to be the matter of wise human choice.”

Quentin Crisp, quoted in the London Times

“Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane.”

Philip K. Dick, quoted in the Hartlepool, U.K., Mail

“Save a little money each month and at the end of the year you’ll be surprised at how little you have.”

Author Ernest Haskins, quoted in the Albany, N.Y., Times Union

“The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.”

Entertainer Oscar Levant, quoted in the Johannesburg Business Day