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- At least two-thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity: idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religous or political ideas.
- Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963)
- To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 14
- A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
- Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
- Sidney J. Harris
- Every increased possession loads us with new weariness.
- John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
- Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners.
- E. Joseph Cossman
- Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.
- John Wilmot
- Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.
- E. Joseph Cossman
- Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and higher education positively fortifies it.
- Stephen Vizinczey, An Innocent Millionaire
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