A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected.
From Carl Sandburg
I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when you happen to know a little about things that went on long ago in that building.
I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.
There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.
When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along.
Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.
Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.
Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes.
Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
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