Today Quotes
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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.Isaac Asimov, Salvor Hardin in "Foundation"
Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.Edgar Watson Howe
Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression.Amos Bronson Alcott
When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.William Wrigley Jr.
Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.Carl Sandburg
About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.Josh Billings
The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.James Baldwin
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.Jean Rostand, Journal of a Character, 1931
Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel.William Hazlitt
Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.Sir William Osler