"But you want to know about the influence of books on my life, and as I've said, there was only one. Seneca. . .Maybe that sounds dull, but the letters aren't - they're witty. I think you learn more if you're laughing at the same time."

-- Mary Ann Shaffer

#Witty Quotes #Book Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them.”

Source : "EU trade chief Peter Mandelson". Interview with Gareth Harding, www.upi.com. April 25, 2005.
“In World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After 'Nam, it was post-traumatic stress disorder.”

Source : Jan Karon (2007). “Home to Holly Springs”, p.289, Penguin
“If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is.”

Source : Sam Rayburn (1978). “"Speak, Mister Speaker"”
“And you each gentle animal In confidence may bind, And make them follow at your call, If you are always kind.”

Source : Sarah Josepha Hale (1850). “Dictionary of poetical quotations”, p.26
“There's going to be a real ding dong when the bell goes.”
“In the concert of nature it is hard to keep in tune with oneself if one is out of tune with everything else”
“Rights are to be taken, not requested; seized, not begged for.”

Source : "Inside the Monster : Writings on the United States and American Imperialism" by José Martí, translated by Elinor Randall, (p. 27), 1975.
“It feels good to be fit and strong.”

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