All Leo Rosten Quotes
An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service of Christendom and the church.
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Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.
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Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.
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Humor

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First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.
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Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable.
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I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.
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Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them.
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A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.
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Politics

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The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that perhaps, is what makes him different from others.
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The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.
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