When I Hear Somebody Sigh, 'life Is

The Reason That Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction Is That Fiction Has To Have A Rational Thread Running Through It In Order To Be Believable, Whereas Reality May Be Totally Irrational.

The Art Of Living Consists In Knowing Which Impulses To Obey And Which Must Be Made To Obey.

The World Has Always Been Betrayed By Decent Men With Bad Ideals.

The Best Thing You Can Give Children, Next To Good Habits, Are Good Memories.

Patriotism Is Proud Of A Country's Virtues And Eager To Correct Its Deficiencies; It Also Acknowledges The Legitimate Patriotism Of Other Countries, With Their Own Specific Virtues. The Pride Of Nationalism, However, Trumpets Its Country's Virtues And Denies Its Deficiencies, While It Is Contemptuous Toward The Virtues Of Other Countries. It Wants To Be, And Proclaims Itself To Be, "the Greatest," But Greatness Is Not Required Of A Country; Only Goodness Is.