June 02, 2007
Musing of the Gentle Cynic c. 1907
From the June 2, 1907 NYT:
We are constantly adding wings to our castles in the air.
The cost of experience is generally money well invested.
The trouble with the average bread-winner is that he wants cake.
There's a lot of difference between forgetting what we ought to know and knowing what we ought to forget.
When a man likes to be different from other people, the other people are generally quite satisfied to have him so.
The root of all evil seems to thrive in any soil.
It is when duty calls that we are apt to send word we are out.
It isn't until a man lives to learn that he really learns to live.
Besides gathering no moss, a rolling stone gravitates down hill.
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