"So, I never lose a sense of the whimsical and perilous charm of daily life, with its meetings and words and accidents."

-- Logan Pearsall Smith

#Chance Quotes #Daily Life Quotes #Whimsical Quotes

“Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.”

Source : Entering the world (M. Odent)
“The President has apologized for his activities with Monica Lewinsky. These were too little, too late, in my opinion.”
“When occupations come to us we must accept them; when things come to us we must understand them from the ground up.”
“People still don't appreciate how ephemeral success is.”
“To make ourselves invisible to creditors or to the envious, and even to our own worries, we can take advantage here on earth of a great democratic institution-in fact, democracy's only success-the night.”
“...wingsâ€”-vast shimmering wings, their reach so great they swept the walls on either side of the alley, each feather like the wind-tugged lick of a candle flame.”
“Every man I knew went to bed with Gilda... and woke up with me.”

Source : "Philip French's screen legends" by Philip French, www.theguardian.com. July 12, 2008.
“Stupidity is a factor to be reckoned with in human affairs. The true leader always expects to encounter it, and prepares to endure it patiently so long as it is normal stupidity. He knows that his ideas will be distorted, his orders carelessly executed; and that there will be jealousy among his assistants. He takes these inevitable phenomena into account, and instead of attempting to find men without faults, who are non-existent, he tries to make use of the best men at his disposal - as they are, and not as they ought to be.”

Source : "The Art of Living". Book by Andre Maurois, 1939.

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