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Leo Rosten

11 April 1908-19 February 1997

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Beauty is not a thing which we can draw pleasure from. Rather, that which we draw pleasure from we call beautiful.

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Bias is the reflection of ourself we place in our external world. We see things as we are, not as they are.

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Cruelty is a quality of the weak. Gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.

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Excess is a symptom of lack. Where there is too much, something is missing.

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Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable.

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Hiring is a reflection upon the person or business in question. First-rate people hire first-rate people. Second-rate people hire third-rate people.

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Insight is that fifth dimension beyond the four dimensions of experience which promises to liberate us from bondage to the long, imperfect past.