Generally a hugely wise man, and here is a few of my favourite quotes from the good gentleman:
“People always get tired of one another. I grow tired of myself whenever I am left alone for ten minutes, and I am certain that I am fonder of myself than anyone can be of another person.”
“It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.”
“The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people”
“If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn't be anything for us to do.”
“You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul”
“We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence...on pain of liquidation.”
“The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who haven't got it.”
“The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact than a drunken man is happier than a sober one”
“The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.”
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
“Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.”
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