Friday, November 28, 2008

Slovenian Wisdom

Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. - Slovenian Proverb

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Roman Wisdom

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good. - Seneca

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Reclusive Novelist Wisdom

I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy. - J. D. Salinger

Friday, November 21, 2008

Paleontologist Wisdom

The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question. - Stephen Jay Gould

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Comedic Wisdom

I base my fashion taste on what doesn't itch. - Gilda Radner

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

1st Earl of Beaconsfield Wisdom

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. - Benjamin Disraeli

Monday, November 17, 2008

1st Viscount St Alban Wisdom

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. - Sir Francis Bacon

Friday, November 14, 2008

Madame Bovary Wisdom

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost. - Gustave Flaubert

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Comedic Wisdom

Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair. - George Burns

Friday, November 07, 2008

French Novelist Wisdom

I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer. - Colette

Thursday, November 06, 2008

German Philosopher Wisdom

If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it. - Arthur Schopenhauer

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Swiss Wisdom

Fortune does not change men, it unmasks them. – Suzanne Necker