Author Unknown

It is usually best to be generous with praise, but cautious with criticism.

Author Unknown

Author Unknown

Criticism is the disapproval of people, not for having faults, but having faults different from your own.

Author Unknown

Author Unknown

It is strange that we do not temper our resentment of criticism with a thought for our many faults which have escaped us.

Author Unknown

John Locke

English empiricist philosopher (1632 - 1704)

Curiosity in children, is but an appetite for knowledge. One great reason why children abandon themselves wholly to silly pursuits and trifle away their time insipidly is, because they find their curiosity balked, and their inquiries neglected.

John Locke

Yiddish Proverb

A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity.

Yiddish Proverb

Leonardo Da Vinci

Italian engineer, painter, & sculptor (1452 - 1519)

As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well used brings a happy death.

Leonardo Da Vinci

Eric Hoffer

(1902 - 1983)

It is a sign of a creeping inner death when we no longer can praise the living.

Eric Hoffer

Gerald Nachman

Nothing fails like success.

Gerald Nachman

Ogden Nash

US humorist & poet (1902 - 1971)

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

Ogden Nash

Jackie Mason

US comedian (1934 - )

I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.

Jackie Mason

Maurice Sendak

US juvenile illustrator (1928 - )

There must be more to life than having everything.

Maurice Sendak

Elbert Hubbard

US author (1856 - 1915)

Life is just one damned thing after another.

Elbert Hubbard

Errol Flynn

US (Australian-Tasmanian-born) movie actor (1909 - 1959)

My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.

Errol Flynn

Unknown

Quotations by unknown authors

The wages of sin are unreported.

Unknown

Georges Clemenceau

French politician (1841 - 1929)

War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.

Georges Clemenceau

Fletcher Knebel

Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.

Fletcher Knebel

Elbert Hubbard

US author (1856 - 1915)

Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.

Elbert Hubbard

Hermann Hesse

Swiss (German-born) author (1877 - 1962)

When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.

Hermann Hesse

Walter Winchell

US gossip columnist & broadcast journalist (1897 - 1972)

Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation.

Walter Winchell

Ann Landers

US advice columnist (1918 - 2002)

Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.

Ann Landers



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