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Published by Lyons Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
Table of Contents
About The Book
In this witty collection you will find quotations grouped in categories that reflect the range of human existence, hopes, and achievement:
Life and Death (And Some of What Happens in Between)
“Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.”
—James Thurber
Love and Friendship
“The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.”
—Blaise Pascal
Success and Ways to Achieve It
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”—Sir Winston Churchill
The Life of the Mind
“Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.”
—Jorge Luis Borges
Politics and Politicians, Government and Statesmen
“Nothing in life is certain except death and taxes.”
—Benjamin Franklin
Proverbial Wisdom
“Joy shared is twice the joy. Sorrow shared is half the sorrow.”
—Swedish proverb
Life and Death (And Some of What Happens in Between)
“Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.”
—James Thurber
Love and Friendship
“The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.”
—Blaise Pascal
Success and Ways to Achieve It
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”—Sir Winston Churchill
The Life of the Mind
“Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.”
—Jorge Luis Borges
Politics and Politicians, Government and Statesmen
“Nothing in life is certain except death and taxes.”
—Benjamin Franklin
Proverbial Wisdom
“Joy shared is twice the joy. Sorrow shared is half the sorrow.”
—Swedish proverb
Product Details
- Publisher: Lyons Press (April 1, 2005)
- Length: 368 pages
- ISBN13: 9781599216652
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"This is a book full of smart things that I'm sure I'll keep handy in the coming months and years."
--Tavis Smiley, National Public Radio
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