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

Quote by Leo Rosten

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Satire is focused bitterness.

Satire is focused bitterness.

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...

Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.

Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.

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

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

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

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...

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,...

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.

For what is it but an exquisite and priceless chance of salvation due to God...

For what is it but an exquisite and priceless chance of salvation due to God...

Dogs are getting bigger, according to a leading dog manufacturer

Dogs are getting bigger, according to a leading dog manufacturer

I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not...

I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not...

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...

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...

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...

We see things as we are, not as they are.

We see things as we are, not as they are.

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 conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.

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.

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

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

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.