Showing posts with label a few home truths. Show all posts
Showing posts with label a few home truths. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

‘Aint it the truth?

It is better to waste one’s youth than to do nothing with it at all.
George Berkeley


It is easier to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves.
La Rochefoucauld


Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.
John F Kennedy


There are no grades of vanity; there are only grades of ability in concealing it.
Mark Twain


To understand all is to pardon all.
Anna Louise de Stael


A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants, and how much more unhappy he might be than he really is.
Joseph Addison


Uncertainty is the worst of all evil until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty.
Alphonse Karr


I’m off to Taunton to see if physiotherapy will make an operation unnecessary. I’m hoping a flat tummy will be a bonus.