It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. – Epictetus
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The wit makes fun of other persons the satirist makes fun of the world the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people – that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. – James Thurber
Life has loveliness to sell, all beautiful and splendid things, blue waves whitened on a cliff, soaring fire that sways and sings, and childrens faces looking up, holding wonder like a cup. – Sara Teasdale
The aspects of patriotism that hush dissent, encourage going along, and sanction comfortable distancing and compliance with what is indecent and unacceptable… those aspects are too fundamental to ignore or gloss over. – Bernadine Dohrn
To the question of your life, you are the only answer. To the problems of your life, you are the only solution. – Jo Coudert, Advice From A Failure (Thanks, Elizabeth!)
