WyzWmn's Words to the Wise

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. – Benjamin Disraeli

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. – Sir Francis Bacon

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost. – Gustave Flaubert

Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair. – George Burns

I love my past. I love my present. I’m not ashamed of what I’ve had, and I’m not sad because I have it no longer. – Colette

If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it. – Arthur Schopenhauer

Fortune does not change men, it unmasks them. – Suzanne Necker

Of all the creatures that were made, man is the most detestable. Of the entire brood he is the only one–the solitary one–that possesses malice. That is the basest of all instincts, passions, vices–the most hateful. He is the only creature that has pain for sport, knowing it to be pain. Also–in all the list he is the only creature that has a nasty mind. – Mark Twain

If you make people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you; but if you really make them think, they’ll hate you. – Don Marquis

The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive. – John Sladek