"It is one of the deep jokes of existence that very wise people and very ignorant people frequently say the same thing; perhaps it is the basis of democracy."
G.K. Chesterton in Daily News Feb. 23, 1907, quoted in Gilbert Magazine Vol. 10 #1 (September 2006)
"True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful."
Paul Sweeney, quoted as "Thought du jour" in "Social Studies" in Globe and Mail December 20, 2004
“Religion may very well be an illusion, as Freud said, but then man himself is that illusion.”
William Barrett The Illusion of Technique
“Pope [a minor-league thug]: 'My superior wants to see you.' Jonathan Hemlock [played by Clint Eastwood]: 'Well, that doesn't limit the field much!'”
The Eiger Sanction, quoted on The Internet Movie Database (imdb.com)
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"St. Augustine, asked what he would do if he knew the world would end tomorrow, replied, 'I would go on working in my garden.'"
Florence King in National Review May 1, 1995 p. 92.