Saying this or that event in life has meaning is like saying this or that wave on the ocean has meaning. In a moment, it's gone -- replaced by the next one, then the next....
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The gloomy and the resentful are always found among those who have nothing to do or who do nothing.Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-01), The Idler, No. 72
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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
ADAGE, n. A hoary-headed platitude that is kicked along the centuries until nothing is left of it but its clothes. A “saw” which has worn out its teeth on the human understanding.Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Adage,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1881-03-05)
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ADAGE, n. A hoary-headed platitude that is kicked along the centuries until nothing is left of it but its clothes. A “saw” which has worn out its teeth on the human understanding. Not collected in later books. Instead, in The Cynic's Word Book (1906), he changed it to "Boned wisdom…
A quotation from Moliere:
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CÉLIMÈNE: Yes, he’s a wonderful talker, who has the art of telling you nothing in a great harangue. There’s never any point to what he says; ‘t is only noise to which we listen.
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https://wist.info/moliere/74203/
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A quotation from Martin, Steve:
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HARRIS: Sitting there at that moment I thought of something else Shakespeare said. He said, “Hey … life is pretty stupid; with lots of hubbub to keep you busy, but really not amounting to much.” Of course I’m paraphrasing: “Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
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https://wist.info/martin-steve/17747/
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HARRIS: Sitting there at that moment I thought of something else Shakespeare said. He said, "Hey ... life is pretty stupid; with lots of hubbub to keep you busy, but really not amounting to much." Of course I'm paraphrasing: "Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound…
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A quotation from McLaughlin, Mignon:
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The three horrors of modern life — talk without meaning, desire without love, work without satisfaction.
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https://wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/58176/
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