“Stupid people, people who do not know how to laugh, are always pompous and self-conceited.”
Wisdom Quotes · Page 63
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“It is impossible, in our condition of society, not to be sometimes a Snob.”
“The virtue and beauty of human beings is to live naturally, ungoverned by external forces.”
“Every joy that some experience is paid for by the sorrow of others.”
“Each person, and that person alone, is the subject of his or her actions.”
“If they are allowed to play, they will grow up to be healthy human beings.”
“Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it.”
“I don't perceive my role as a newsman at all. I'm a comedian from stem to stern.”
“Don't cry over spilled milk. By this time tomorrow, it'll be free yogurt.”
“Winning the Nobel Prize does not automatically qualify you to be commander in chief.”
“Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame, a flatterer.”
“If he were To be made honest by an act of parliament I should not alter in my faith of him.”
“Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.”