"Many men would have arrived at wisdom had they not believed themselves to have arrived there already."
Seneca the Younger, quoted as "Thought du jour" in Social Studies in Globe and Mail Dec. 10, 2004
"Many men would have arrived at wisdom had they not believed themselves to have arrived there already."
Seneca the Younger, quoted as "Thought du jour" in Social Studies in Globe and Mail Dec. 10, 2004
"I find that a change of nuisances is as good as a vacation."
David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister (attributed, in reply to a question how he stayed cheerful, according to "Thought du jour" in "Social Studies" in Globe and Mail July 28, 2004)
"One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor."
"Top 20 Internet Tag Lines" in Gilbert! magazine Vol. 4 #8 (July/August 2001)
"Tout le monde se plaint de sa mémoire, et personne ne se plaint de son jugement."
La Rochefoucauld Réflexions morales #89 in Maximes
"A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it."
Albert Einstein, quoted as "Thought du jour" in "Social Studies" in Globe & Mail May 20, 2010
"People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness."
John Wanamaker
"What we have in view here is the conviction that one must play God if the Creator is not Judge and Healer too."
J. Budziszewski in First Things June-July 2002-7/02 p. 29.
“I can assure you that no person would be better for the job.”
Ralph C. Maddocks (this from my "he's an extraordinary man" file of hidden insults - the original is Inspector Dreyfus re Clouseau in A Shot In The Dark)