It's the people who try to be clever who never are, the people who are clever never think of trying

It's the people who try to be clever who never are, the people who are clever never think of trying to be.

Author: Gilbert Parker

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Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy.

Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love.

Love knows not distance, it hath no continent, its eyes are for the stars.

It is not the broken heart that kills, but broken pride, monseigneur.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

Love is when two people know everything about each other and are still friends.

I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.

People don’t take trips, trips take people.