Wit & Wisdom
from Magdalena Samozwaniec, Jimi Hendrix, Terence Blacker, Antonio Porchia, Dale Carnegie, Mark Twain, Thornton Wilder
“Age and youth have the same appetites but not the same teeth.”
Writer Magdalena Samozwaniec, quoted in the Toronto National Post
“It’s funny the way most people love the dead. Once you’re dead, you’re made for life.”
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Jimi Hendrix, quoted in Men’s Health
“No dog snarls quite like an underdog that finds itself on top.”
Author Terence Blacker, quoted in the London Independent
“He who makes a paradise of his bread makes a hell of his hunger.”
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Antonio Porchia, quoted in The New York Observer
“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”
Dale Carnegie, quoted in the Memphis Commercial Appeal
“Unexpected money is a delight. The same sum is a bitterness when you expected more.’’
Mark Twain, quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”
Thornton Wilder, quoted in The Denver Post
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