Winter is come and gone,<br> But grief returns with the revolving year. Percy Bysshe Shelley, Adonais Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 - 1965) In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all... Perfect relief is not possible, except with time. You cannot now realize that you will ever feel better... And yet this is a mistake. You are sure to be happy again. Abraham Lincoln 16th president of US (1809 - 1865) The dark today leads into light tomorrow; <br> There is no endless joy, <br> ...and yet no endless sorrow. Ella Wheeler Wilcox Swearing is like any other music...If it is not done well, if it is not done with a fine and discriminating art, and vitalized with gracious and heartborn feeling, it lacks beauty, it lacks charm, it lacks expression, it lacks nobleness, it lacks majesty... David Gridley, Indiantown The idea that no gentleman ever swears is all wrong; he can swear and still be a gentleman if he does it in a nice and benevolent and affectionate way. Mark Twain, Speech in NYC, Jan. 22, 1906 US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910) Laugh, and the world laughs with you;<br> Weep, and you weep alone.<br> For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,<br> But has trouble enough of its own. Ella Wheeler Wilcox It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant perhaps the one is as painful as the other. Francis Bacon I know of no way to judge the future but by the past. Patrick Henry US orator, patriot, & politician in American Revolution (1736 - 1799) Violence is the diplomacy of the incompetent. Isaac Asimov, Prelude to Foundation, said by Hari Seldon US science fiction novelist & scholar (1920 - 1992) |