I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.

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Dogs are getting bigger, according to a leading dog manufacturer

Dogs are getting bigger, according to a leading dog manufacturer

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us...

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us...

The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or...

The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or...

Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented.

Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented.

Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not...

Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not...

Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.

Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.

Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear...

Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear...

First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.

First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.

The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.

The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.

I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.

I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined

Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them.

Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them.

Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not...

Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not...

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the...

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the...

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us...

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us...

In the dark colony of night, when I consider man's magnificent capacity for malice, madness,...

In the dark colony of night, when I consider man's magnificent capacity for malice, madness,...

The books one reads in childhood, and perhaps most of all the bad and good...

The books one reads in childhood, and perhaps most of all the bad and good...

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and...

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and...