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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Satire is focused bitterness.

Satire is focused bitterness.

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...

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of...

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of...

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

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

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.

Dogs are getting bigger, according to a leading dog manufacturer

Dogs are getting bigger, according to a leading dog manufacturer

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

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

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.

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...

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined

Extremists think communication means agreeing with them.

Extremists think communication means agreeing with them.

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

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

If you are going to do something wrong at least enjoy it.

If you are going to do something wrong at least enjoy it.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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.