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Quote by Walker Percy

“Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.”

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Walker Percy was an American author known for his philosophical novels, which often explore themes of human existence, religious faith, and the absurdity of modern life. He was born on May 28, 1916, and passed away on May 10, 1990. more

“No one who has ever known what it is to lose faith in a fellow-man whom he has profoundly loved and reverenced, will lightly say that the shock can leave the faith in the Invisible Goodness unshaken. With the sinking of high human trust, the dignity of life sinks too; we cease to believe in our own better self, since that also is part of the common nature which is degraded in our thought; and all the finer impulses of the soul are dulled.”

Men Believe Humans Soul Self Loses Common Known Goodness Heartbreak Dignity Fellows Betrayal Invisible Cease Impulse Shock Our Thoughts Fellow Man Abandonment Sinking

Book:Wit and Wisdom of George Eliot

Source: Wit and Wisdom of George Eliot

“Men are like bank accounts. The more money, the more interest they generate.”

Men Funny Interest Accounts More Money Hilarious Bank Accounts Funny Money Funny Men

Author:Mark Twain

“American stuntmen are smart - they think about safety. When they do a jump in a car, they calculate everything: the speed, the distance... But in Hong Kong, we don't know how to count. Everything we do is a guess. If you've got the guts, you do it. All of my stuntmen have gotten hurt.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Hurt Know How Car Smart Safety Distance Intelligence Speed Guts Hong Kong Stuntman

Author:Jackie Chan

“Pretty sad. Pretty lonely. But that's how I prefer it? I quess? I guess. It's a good guess. It's the best quess ever.”

Lonely Hilarious

Author:Dan Harmon

“I think growing up on a farm in a certain amount of isolation, with not a lot of friends nearby, makes you entertain yourself and kind of grows your imagination - being alone is quite good for all that. You make up stories, talk to the animals, let them be an audience, a bunch of cows.”

Thinking Kind Stories Certain Grows Imagination Animal Audience Growing Up Growing Amount Bunch Isolation Farms Cows Hilarious Lots Of Friends

Author:Kristen Schaal

“Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.”

“I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.”

Knows Way Funny Humorous Bike Hilarious Knowing God Funny Religious Funny One Liner Witty One Liners

Author:Emo Philips

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