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… — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
There was no answer, no solution, no sop, no deliverance. What, then, did I do? I read faster. — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle. — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
Acting is a form of deception, and actors can mesmerize themselves almost as easily as an audience. — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
“The purpose of life is not to be happy—but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that… — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the child we… — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
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