Thursday Thirteen – 2nd edition

Thirteen Favorite Quotes 1. Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong? – Jane Austen, English novelist (1775 – 1817) 2. In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior – Sir Francis Bacon English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626) 3. The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone – Harriet Beecher Stowe US abolitionist & novelist (1811 – 1896) 4. At every party there are two kinds of people – those who want to go home and those who don’t. The trouble is, they are usually married to each other -Ann Landers 5. As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death – Leonardo da Vinci Italian engineer, painter, & sculptor (1452 – 1519) 6. Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can – Danny Kaye US actor & singer (1913 – 1987) 7. Our lives improve only when we take chances – and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves – Walter Anderson 8. Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Pan American Day address, April 15, 1939 32nd president of US (1882 – 1945) 9. Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so – John Stuart Mill 10. Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent - Carl Jung Swiss psychologist (1875 – 1961) 11. If my hands are fully occupied in holding on to something, I can neither give nor receive -Dorothee Solle 12. We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office – Aesop 13. It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea – Robert Anton Wilson

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