The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.

Walter Bagehot (1826 - 1877)

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The power of hiding ourselves from one another is mercifully given, for men are wild beasts, and would devour one another but for this protection.Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887), "Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit", 1887

Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.

Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)

No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.

“Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all”

-- Abraham Lincoln

All men are not slimy warthogs.  Some men are silly giraffes, some woebegone puppies, some insecure frogs.  But if one is not careful, those slimy warthogs can ruin it for all the others. 

--Cynthia Heimel

“It is well to remember that there are five reasons for drinking: the arrival of a friend, one's present or future thirst, the excellence of the wine, or any other reason.” 

-- Latin Proverb

"The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion."

-- G. K. Chesterton

HI KATHY, LOVE YOUR QUOTES. HERES ONE FROM FDR.

"We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we

modify it."

- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Hi Kathy,

   Thank you for those wonderful quotes.

Your Good Friend

Deborah