QUOTES LXXXVII

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
William James

The wolf can always be hired very cheap as a shepherd.
Russian proverb

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then give up. There's no use in being a damn fool about it.
W.C. Fields

You can buy flattery, but envy must be earned.
Author Unknown

Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box.
Italian proverb

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow