May your service of love a beautiful thing; want nothing else, fear nothing else and let love be free to become what love truly is. Hadewijch of Antwerp The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself. James Thurber, in Edward R. Murrow television interview US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961) The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. Thomas Carlyle Scottish author, essayist, & historian (1795 - 1881) The world tolerates conceit from those who are successful, but not from anybody else. John Blake When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it. Bernard Bailey The smaller the mind the greater the conceit. Aesop Greek slave & fable author (620 BC - 560 BC) An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person. Joseph Addison English essayist, poet, & politician (1672 - 1719) Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue. John Dryden English dramatist & poet (1631 - 1700) I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. Rita Rudner US comedian If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. Rene Descartes French mathematician & philosopher (1596 - 1650) |