Curious Quotations

Nothing is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood.
- Teague's Paradox
"Always present, never there."
- Denis Thatcher (Husband of Margaret Thatcher. 1915 - 2003) This was his motto as consort to the Prime Minister.
"The highest condition of art is artlessness."
- Henry David Thoreau (US essayist and poet. 1817-62)
"Not till we are lost . . . do we begin to find ourselves."
- Henry David Thoreau
"It is the greatest advantage to enjoy no advantage at all."
- Henry David Thoreau
"Old age is the most unexpected of all things that can happen to a man."
- Leon Trotsky (Pseudonym of Lev Davidovich Bronstein, Russian revolutionary. 1879-1940)
"Always be sincere,even if you don't mean it."
- Harry S. Truman (33rd President of the USA. 1884-1972)
"A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes."
- Mark Twain (Pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, US writer and journalist. 1835-1910)
"It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech."
- Mark Twain
Be careful of reading health books, you might die of a misprint.
- Mark Twain
The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.
- Mark Twain
I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
- Mark Twain

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