Wit & Wisdom
from Charles Wadsworth, George Bernard Shaw, Beverly Sills, Julian Barnes, Benjamin Disraeli, Ezra Pound, Roland Barthes
“By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.”
Poet Charles Wadsworth, quoted in the London Express
“There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses.”
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George Bernard Shaw, quoted in United Press International
“In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.”
Beverly Sills, quoted in Forbes
“There are two kinds of travel: first class and with children.”
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Author Julian Barnes, quoted in The New Yorker
“Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing
in life is to know when to forgo an advantage.”
Benjamin Disraeli, quoted in The Washington Post
“The less we know, the longer our explanations.”
Ezra Pound, quoted in The Chronicle of Higher Education
“What the public wants is not passion but the appearance of passion.”
Roland Barthes, quoted in the Financial Times
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