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There are no variations except for those who know a norm, and no subtleties for those who have not grasped the obvious.
C. S. Lewis1898–1963An Experiment in Criticism
There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.
Mark Twain1835–1910
It ain’t braggin’ if you can back it up.
Dizzy Dean1910–1974
People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.
Abraham Lincoln1809–1865
Man was made at the end of the week’s work when God was tired.
Mark Twain1835–1910Mark Twain’s Notebook (1935), p. 381
There are two ways of spreading light⁠—to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton1862–1937“Vesalius in Zante (1564)”, in North American Review (November 1902), p. 631
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
Elbert Hubbard1856–1915
I shut my eyes in order to see.
Paul Gauguin1848–1903
Every year, back comes Spring, with nasty little birds yapping their fool heads off and the ground all mucked up with plants.
Dorothy Parker1893–1967
I hope that when you are my age, you will be able to say as I have been able to say: We lived in freedom. We lived lives that were a statement, not an apology.
Ronald Reagan1911–2004
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.
Augustine of Hippo354–430Confessions (c. 397), X
When the human race has once acquired a supersitition nothing short of death is ever likely to remove it.
Mark Twain1835–1910
To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.
Confucius551–479 BC
Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
Fran Lebowitzborn 1950
I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake⁠—which I also keep handy.
W. C. Fields1880–1946