Darkly Comical Quotes

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Lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man may have. – Dr. Arthur E. Morgan

The war for freedom will never really be won because the price of freedom is constant vigilance over ourselves and over our government. – Eleanor Roosevelt

If you want to know how rich you really are, find out what would be left of your tomorrow if you should lose every dollar you own tonight. – Wm. J.H. Boetcker

The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool. – Santayana

If we are not responsible for the thoughts that pass our doors, we are at least responsible for those we admit and entertain. – Charles B. Newcomb

Whatever may happen, every kind of fortune is to be overcome by bearing it. – Virgil

Every industrious man, in every lawful calling, is a useful man. And one principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect their own profession or calling, and divide and shift their attention among a multiplicity of objects and pursuits. – Emerson

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death. – James F. Byrnes