Wit and wisdom

If a June could talk, it would probably boast that it invented romance. Bern Williams
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dreams only by night. Edgar Allan Poe

‘Love is above all, the gift of oneself.’ Jean Anouilh

‘A fool and his money are soon parted. What I want to know is how they got together in the first place.’ Cyril Fletcher

‘No doubt alcohol, tobacco, and so forth are the things that a saint must avoid, but sainthood is also a thing that human beings must avoid. George Orwell

‘Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.’ Helen Keller

‘Life is full of infinite absurdities, which, strangely enough, do not even need to appear plausible, since they are true’. Luigi Pirandello

‘There is no reality except the one contained within us- that is why so many people live in an unreal life. They take the images outside them for reality and never allow the world within to assert itself’. Herman Hesse

‘The highest result of education is tolerance.’
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‘Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean where is it going to end?’ Tom Stoppard

‘A thin woman will get wrinkles sooner than a fat one. So the choice is, “Shall I choose face or figure?” My advice has always been- have a lovely face and sit down.” Barbara Cartland

‘The cry of equality pulls every one down.’ Iris Murdoch


Children and their innocent comments:

My six year old daughter was watching me dressed up for an evening out and I commented that the flab on my stomach is really bad. My daughter looked at me with a shock expression and said, “Oh no mummy, you look flabulous.”
Slogan Slants

Slogan for a muffler- repair shop: “No appointments necessary-we’ll hear you coming.”

On a landscaping truck: “Call us. We’d like to get to mow you!”
Sign on a phone store: “We have ways of making you talk.”
Ad for automobile air bags: “Inflation we can all live with.”