Wit & Wisdom

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Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us to make a decision without information.

Author John Erskine, quoted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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The secret of joy in work is contained in one word: excellance. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

Pearl S. Buck quoted in the Associated Press

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People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one.

Author Leo J. Burke, quoted in the Salisbury, Md., Daily Times

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Expect nothing Live frugally on surprise.

Alice Walker,quoted in New York

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Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the effect of a habit.

W. Somerset Maugham, quoted in the Johannesburg Business Day

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Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinon without the discomfort of thought.--John F. Kennedy, quoted in the St. paul, Minn. Pioneer Press

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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

Voltaire,quoted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.

Televangelist Robert Schuller, quoted in the Memphis Commercial Appeal

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American will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.

Dan Rather,quoted in the Columbia, S.C. ,State

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No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.

Elbert Hubbard, quoted in The Bali Times

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Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.

Mao Tse-tung,quoted in the San Antonio Express-News

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Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

English aristocrat Mary Wortley, quoted in the Montreal Gazette

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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

George Washington,quoted in the Reno, Nev., Gazette-Journal

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As for the future, your task is not to foresee it but to enable it.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery,quoted in the Charlotte, N.C. Observer

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To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

Pearl Buck,quoted in Forbes

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The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

Arthur C. Clarke, quoted in the Palm Springs, California Desert Sun

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The Only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.

Entertainer Oscar Levant, quoted in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

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If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Benjamin Franklin, quoted in the Raleigh, N.C., Chronicle

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A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optmist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

Harry Truman,quoted in the Queensland, Austrlia, Courier Mail

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On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time.

George Orwell, quoted in the London Mirror