A mish-mash of quotes,quips and proverbs

1.Solitude is fine,but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.-Honore de Balzac
2.If you wish good advice,consult an old man.-Romanian proverb
3.To see things in the seed,that is genius.-Lao-tzu
4.One must cut before filing,carve before polishing.-Chinese proverb
5.Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.-Edward E.Murrow
6.Life is like playing the violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.-Samuel Butler
7.An agnostic is an atheist who has hedged his bet.
8.Recollection is the manipulation of memory.-Herbie Cohen
9.Dust in the air made wonders of the sunset.-Paul Horgan in LAMY OF SANTA FE
10.The novel and journalism are children of the same mother.-Gabriel Garcia Marquez
11.Everyone thinks his own burden heavy.-French proverb
12.The way a long work is completed is by daily tapping the first imaginative impulse.-Paul Horgan
13.Every man is a fool in some man's opinion.-Spanish proverb
14.Don't doctor a dead horse as if it were alive.-Chinese proverb
15.Whether you think you can or think you can't,you're right.-Henry Ford
16.Ridding oneself of this feeling that the universe has a personal grudge against one is the first and most
difficult task in growing to adulthood.-Colin Wilson