Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of…

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

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

Satire is focused bitterness.

Satire is focused bitterness.

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to...

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to...

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.

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.

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

An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service...

An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service...

Extremists think communication means agreeing with them.

Extremists think communication means agreeing with them.

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...

You will recognize, my boy, the first sign of age: it is when you go...

You will recognize, my boy, the first sign of age: it is when you go...

Because of their age long training in human relations for that is what feminine intuition...

Because of their age long training in human relations for that is what feminine intuition...

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed...

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed...

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.