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Satire is focused bitterness.

Leo Rosten

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Leo Rosten
Age: 88 †
Born: 1908
Born: January 1
Died: 1997
Died: January 1
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Political Scientist
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Leo Calvin Rosten
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I came to believe it not true that the coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man only one. I think it is the other way around: It is the brave who die a thousand deaths. For it is imagination, and not just conscience, which doth make cowards of us all. Those who do not know fear are not truly brave.
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Where was it ever promised us that life on this earth can ever be easy, free from conflict and uncertainty, devoid of anguish and wonder and pain? … The purpose of life is to matter, to be productive, to have it make some difference that you lived at all.
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The first printed mention of bagels... is to be found in the Community Regulations of Kracow, Poland, for the year 1610 which stated that bagels would be given as a gift to any woman in childbirth.
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The purpose of life is to matter, to be productive, to have it make a difference that you lived at all-using the talents that God has given you for the betterment of others.
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Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.
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The fellow who laughs last may laugh best, but he gets the reputation of being very slow-witted.
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Everyone, in some small sacred sanctuary of the self, is nuts.
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The love of money is the source of an enormous amount of good the fact that the good is a by-product of the selfish pursuit of riches has nothing to do with its indisputable value.
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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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If at first you don't succeed, before you try again, stop to figure out what you did wrong.
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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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Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.
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Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented.
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If a picture is worth a thousand words, please paint me the Gettysburg Address.
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If you are going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.
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Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precious.
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Where there is too much, something is missing.
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