May One-liners

New one-liners for May 2020.

It’s the first of May, which marks both Labor Day, and the addition of a couple of new one-liners to the collection. Enjoy!

  • “In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.” – NapolΓ©on Bonaparte
  • “The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.” – P.J. O’Rourke
  • “What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.” – Pearl Bailey
  • “Every failure is a step to success.” – William Whewell
  • “What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.” – Diogenes
  • “We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.” – Walter Savage Landor
  • “Life is but thought.” – Sara Teasdale
  • “The present time has one advantage over every other - it is our own.” – Charles Caleb Colton
  • “If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.” – Mother Teresa
  • “The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” – Amelia Earhart
  • “They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” – Andy Warhol
  • “Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.” – Leo Buscaglia
  • “Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.” – Milton Friedman
  • “In fair weather prepare for foul.” – Thomas Fuller
  • “Camping is nature’s way of promoting the motel business.” – Dave Barry
  • “The secret of happiness is something to do.” – John Burroughs

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