"Talkers are no good doers."

-- William Shakespeare

"The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it."

-- Fran?ois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld

"It is hard to believe a man is telling you the truth when you know you would lie if you were in his place."

-- H. L. Mencken

"It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

-- Gore Vidal

"Women keep a special corner of their hearts for sins theyhave never committed."

-- Cornelia Otis Skinner

"You lose it if you talk about it.

-- Ernest Hemingway

"The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober."

-- William Butler Yeats

"Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five."

-- William Somerset Maugham

You don't have to be a genius to sound like one. Here's a collection of the most profound and provocative wit and wisdom in the English language in two lines or less. Edited by entrepreneur John M. Shanahan, who created the wildly successful Hooked on Phonics program, this wonderful book presents the best that has been thought and said on every imaginable topic.

Classified by such themes as "Truth, Lies, and Deception," "Men, Women, and Relationships," and "Passions, Virtues, and Vices," these quotes contain timeless messages for all humankind. Oscar Wilde: "A man who marries his mistress leaves a vacancy in that position." Charles de Gaulle: "The cemetery is filled with indispensable men." Abraham Lincoln: "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." Sophocles: "Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it."

Perfect for anyone who has ever been left speechless, this book will make you as glib as Oscar Wilde, as profound as Winston Churchill, and as wise as Aesop. Inspirational, entertaining, and thought-provoking, this is one collection that no library or bookshelf should be without.

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Classified by such themes as "Truth, Lies, and Deception," "Men, Women, and Relationships," and "Passions, Virtues, and Vices," these quotes contain timeless messages for all humankind. Oscar Wilde: "A man who marries his mistress leaves a vacancy in that position." Charles de Gaulle: "The cemetery is filled with indispensable men." Abraham Lincoln: "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." Sophocles: "Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it."

Perfect for anyone who has ever been left speechless, this book will make you as glib as Oscar Wilde, as profound as Winston Churchill, and as wise as Aesop. Inspirational, entertaining, and thought-provoking, this is one collection that no library or bookshelf should be without.

Wit makes its own welcome and levels all distinctions." — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882"

He who is most creative conceals his sources the best." — Anonymous"

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us." — Dr. Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784"

The graveyards are full of indispensable men." — Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970"

To think is to say no." — Linde Auguste Chartier, 1868-1951"

When we ask advice we are usually looking for an accomplice." — Charles Varlet Marquis de La Grange, 1639-1692"

If you don't bring Paris with you, you won't find it there." — John M. Shanahan, 1939--"

Clever liars give details, but the cleverest don't" — Anonymous"

The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting." — Fran Lebowitz, 1950--"

Nobody forgets where he buried the hatchet." — Frank McKinney "Kin" Hubbard, 1868-1930"

It is a golden rule not to judge men by their opinions but rather by what their opinions make of them." — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799"

Have a care, therefore, where there is more sail than ballast." — William Penn, 1644-1718"

Fortune does not change men; it unmasks them." — Suzanne Necker, 1739-1794"

The wicked are always surprised to find that the good can be clever." — Luc de Clapiers de Vauvenargues, 1715-1747"

Our years, our debts, and our enemies are always more numerous than we imagine." — Charles Nodier, 1780-1844"

Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him." — Aldous Leonard Huxley 1894-1963"

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you."-- Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983"

Only dead fish swim with the stream." — Anonymous"

All the people like us are We, and everyone else is They." — Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936"

When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something." — Robert Browning, 1812-1889"

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his heart no man much respects himself" — Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens , 1835-1910"