Growing wiser on the wisdom (or stupidity) of others
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Monday, September 02, 2002

"There is something wrong with a man if he does not want to break the Ten Commandments." -- G. K. Chesterton

Sunday, September 01, 2002

"If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it's just possible you haven't grasped the situation." -- Jean Kerr

"Don't tell me that worry doesn't do any good. I know better. The things I worry about don't happen." -- Anonymous

"My ventures are not in one bottom trusted,
Nor to one place; nor is my whole estate
Upon the fortune of this present year;
Therefore, my merchandise makes me not sad."
-- Antonio, from William Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice," Act 1, Scene 1

"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it." -- Flannery O'Connor

"Whenever possible, our goal should be to 'march to a different drummer, but stay on the same parade ground.'" -- Anonymous

"Life is like playing the violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on." -- Samuel Butler

"Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility." -- James Thurber

"A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness." -- Elbert Hubbard

"It isn't a mistake to have strong views. The mistake is to have nothing else." -- Anthony Weston