A quotation by Harris, Sydney J.

Men may be divided almost any way we please, but I have found the most useful distinction to be made between those who devote their lives to conjugating the verb “to be” and those who spend their lives conjugating the verb “to have.”

Sydney J. Harris (1917-1986) Anglo-American columnist, journalist, author

For the Time Being, ch. 6, epigram (1972)

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A quotation by Richardson, James

The mind is like a well-endowed museum, only a small fraction of its holdings on view at any one time.

James Richardson (b. 1950) American poet

Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten-Second Essays, #407 (2001)

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