Thoughtful Thursday

"It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument."
- William G. McAdoo

"Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say."
- Charles Caleb Colton

"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
- St. Augustine

"People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of a new and agreeable feeling: that the whole country is their oyster."
- Alistair Cooke

"You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question."
- Albert Camus

"The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret."
- Henri-Frederic Amiel

"The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe