Wit & Wisdom
“No folk tale has ever begun thus: ‘Once upon a time there was
a president.’” Philosopher Nicolás Gómez
Dávila, quoted in
The American Conservative
“The news is what people have forgotten, not just what people don’t know yet.” Journalist David Corn, quoted
in Yair.Substack.com
“I have this terrible theory that people are like roaches—they adapt to their circumstances.” Anjelica Huston, quoted in
Interview
“There is no love of life without despair of life.” Albert Camus, quoted in
CBSSports.com
“People change, and forget to tell each other.” Playwright Lillian Hellman, quoted in TheBrowser.com
“Literature is the most agreeable way
of ignoring life.”
Poet Fernando Pessoa, quoted
in Reader’s Digest
“Seeing through is rarely seeing into.” Writer Elizabeth Bibesco, quoted in ArtsJournal.com