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Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence, to Romeo, l. 94In context
When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.
Victor Hugo1802–1885
A stream cannot rise larger than its source.
Theodore Roosevelt1858–1919
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
Margaret Thatcher1925–2013
This world is a comedy to those that think; a tragedy to those that feel.
Horace Walpole1717–1797Letter to Lady Anne, Countess of Ossory, (15 August 1776)
If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933As recounted by Herbert Hoover; from Coolidge: An American Enigma, Robert Sobel, Regnery Publishing (2000), p. 242
Reasoning is never, like poetry, judged from the outside at all.
C. S. Lewis1898–1963A Preface to Paradise Lost
Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.
Saul Bellow1915–2005Mr. Sammler’s Planet (1970) [Penguin Classics, 2004, ], p. 156
However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.
?UnattributedOften credited to Winston Churchill
My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
EBErma Bombeck1927–1996
Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
?UnattributedOften credited to John Adams
Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.
Mark Twain1835–1910
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.
Harvey Fiersteinborn 1952Zoggle: Your Mind, p. 323.
Sacred cows make the best hamburger.
Mark Twain1835–1910
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
Henry Kissinger1923–2023