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When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.
Benjamin Franklin1706–1790(1706-1790), Poor Richard’s Almanac
A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.
Fred Allen1894–1956Treadmill to Oblivion.
For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.
Jesse Owens1913–1980
All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.
H. L. Mencken1880–1956
People will pay more to be entertained than educated.
Johnny Carson1925–2005
- Education
- Entertainment
The most depraved type of being is that without purpose.
Ayn Rand1905–1982
You must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you necessarily wise because you are grave.
Sydney Smith1771–1845
Just as your hand, held before the eye, can hide the tallest mountain, so this small earthly life keeps us from seeing the vast radiance that fills the core of the universe.
NBNachman of Bratslav
Until you’ve lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.
Margaret Mitchell1900–1949
What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have yet to be discovered.
Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882Fortune of the Republic (1878)
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
H. L. Mencken1880–1956
All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.
Alexandre Dumas1802–1870Père, as quoted in Retiring the Generation Gap: How Employees Young and Old Can Find Common Ground (2007) by Jennifer J. Deal, p. 9
It is only about things that do not interest one, that one can give a really unbiased opinion; and this is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinion is always valueless.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900
Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826