A batch of smart quotes or proverbs

1.The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes.-Agatha Christie
2.The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.-H.L.Mencken
3.Truth never dies,but lives a wretched life.-Yiddish proverb
4.I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.-Jean Ingelow
5.To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.-Chinese proverb
6.All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from,and to,and why.-James Thurber.
7.The leaves of a tree are many,but the root is one.-Chinese proverb.
8.We must beat the iron while it is hot,but we may polish it at leisure.-John Dryden
9.Optism doesn't wait on facts.It deals with prospects.Pessimism is a waste of time.-NOrman Cousins