Tho ughts o n the Bu s ine s s o f LifeEdited by Lydia Fo rbes

ho 's thefoo l?The fo o l's the o ne who fo o ls himself that he'sfo o ling o thers.

MALCOLMS.FORBES

zs. ge,@ols gl. dly,for ] h. ve alw. ysbeen on good terms with myse![:

CIgRIS'IOPHt RMORLEY

Fools have a ,great advantage over the

@vise; they are always selJ: saLisfl ed.NAPOI BON130 NAP&R'IE

The best way to convince arealthat he is wrong is to let himhavehis own way.

laSH I3[LLINGS

By the tÿÿme thefi lol has learned the

game, the players have dispersed.AFRICANPROVPRB

Let us be thankfulfor thejbols. Butfi lrthem the rest of us could not succeed.

MARKTWAIN

There are morefi ÿÿols than knavesin the world, else the knaves wouldhave not epmugh to live upon.

SAMUELBUTLER

He that hath no tools, knaves,or beKgars in his fiamily was begot

by afl ashof lightening.THOMAS FULLER

Why is it thatfiÿÿoIs always have theinstinct to hunt out the unpleasant

secrets q/ l@, and the hardiness to

mention them?I MHX EDEN

Sometimes one Iikesfoolishpeoplejbr theirfolly, better than wisepeoplefor their wisdom.

ELIZABETII GASKELL

He may looklike an idiot and talklike an idiot but don't let tha2foolyou.He really is an idiot:

GROUCIgC) MARX

AfboIand his money are some party.JAMESVain DERBOSDtl

The Lord madeAdam,7'he Lord made Eve,He made 'ambotha little naive.

E.Y. (YIP} }IARBURG

There isprobably no man living,thoughso ever great afool, that

cannot do something or other well.SAMUEL\LARREN

A wager is a fbol's argument.• ) 17HC/MASFULLER

Slothand Silence are a Fool's Virtues.BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

A reproof ente retb more into a raiserrlan than a hundred stripes iltto

I'ROVERBS f7:10

He uses hisJblly like a stalking horse,and under the presentation shoo tshis wit.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Anyfi )oIcan criticize, condemn andcomplain-- most do.

I)A[ ÿÿCARNEGIE

A spoon does 1lot know the taste

qÿÿsoup, nor a learned l3ol the ta ste

of wisdom.WELSH PROVERB

Even afo o l, when he ho ldethhis

peace, is co unted wise.

PROVERBS17:28

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• T ETHOJ GHT S ONAEft BIJSINESS O F I , IFEEdite d by Lydia Fo rbes

s you get older, do n't slow do wn. Speedup. There's less time left .

MALCOLMS. FORBES

Man is born to live, not to preparefor liÿÿEBORIS PASTERNAK

Living isa thingyou donow or nevBrwhichdo you?

PIET HEIN

Life is an tfl bnsive, directedagainst the

repetitious mechanismof the Universe.ALFRED NOI( I'H WHITEHEAD

Lord how the daypassesJIt's like a life

so quickly when we don't watchit andso slowly if we do.

JOHN STEINBECK

My life is like a stroll on the beach,As near to the ocean's edge as I can go.

HP,NRY DAVID THOREAU

Lÿÿ: is hardly moÿÿihan a fraction

of a second. Sucha little time to prepare

oneselJÿÿ/br eternity!PAUt. GAUGUIN

Let us endeavor so to live that when we cometo die even the undertaker will be sorrÿÿ

MARK TWAIN

What's a man'sage?He must hurry more,That'sall;

Cramin a day, what hisyouth tooka yearto hold.

ROBERT BROWNING

Life is very short and there's no timeForfl ÿÿssing andfighting, myfriend.

ÿÿOHN LENNON

No star is ever lost once we have seen,We always may be what we might

have been,ADELAIDEANNEPROC'[OR

"l kanquiliÿÿy is the old man's milk.THOMASJEFFERSON

Dreams are realas long as thWlast.Can we say more of lijE?

HENRY HAVELOCKELLIS

It'swonderful to be married to an

archaeologist the olderyouget the moreinterestedhe is in you.

AGATEI2kCHRISTIE

[m 101years ÿÿld and ct my age, honey,I can say what i want!

BESSIEDELANY

Don't lookback. Something might be

gaming on you.SNTCItELPAIGE

Nothing is so muchfun as business.;ÿÿecl to do anything but work

as long as I can stand up.WILLIAMWRIGLEY JR.

One of the secrets of a long andj?uitful life

is to forgive everybody and everythingever), night beforeyou go to bed.

BERNARD MANNES BARUCH

I smoke cigars because at my age

if l don't have something to hangon to I mightJaildown.

GEORGEBURNS

Dance as !ÿÿno one is watching, sing as

if * . . . . e ever) day as ifÿÿo ones hstenm,qand hvi¢wereyour last.

[lUSH PROVERB

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