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We trained hard, but it seemed that everytime we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralization.

Unknown, (sometimes incorrectly attributed to Petronius Arbiter), in Work and Recreation

Use soft words and hard arguments.

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance

Voters are people who have the God-given right to decide who will waste their money for them.

Unknown, (from Politicians and Other Scoundrels by Ferdinand Lundberg), in Law and Politics

War is menstruation envy.

Unknown, in War and Peace

Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Unknown, in Happiness and Misery

Wasting time is an important part of living.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

Watch for big problems; they disguise big opportunities.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

We should forgive our enemies, but only after they've been taken out and shot.

Unknown, in Altruism and Cynicism

Weiler's Law: Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Westheimer's Discovery: A couple of months in the laboratory can frequently save a couple of hours in the library.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

Wethern's Law: Assumption is the mother of all screw-ups.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

When a female has tears in her eyes the one who cannot see is the male.

Unknown, in Men and Women

When a man's wife learns to understand him, she usually stops listening to him.

Unknown, in Men and Women

When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains knowledge, he is an ordinary man.

Unknown, (Zen saying), in Wisdom and Ignorance

When elephants fight, only the grass gets hurt.

Unknown, in War and Peace

When falling in love, some lose their head, others lose their heart.

Unknown, in Love and Hate

When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.

Unknown, (Ethiopian proverb), in Work and Recreation

When the government fears the people, we have liberty. When the people fear the government, we have tyranny.

Unknown, in Altruism and Cynicism and Law and Politics