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Article: HARDCOVERS IN BRIEF
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- April 16, 1989
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BIOGRAPHY
GENERAL
Words of Wisdom: More Good Advice , edited by William Safire and
Leonard Safir (Simon & Schuster, $19.95)."The best throw of the dice
is to throw them away." "Never `just run out for a few minutes'
without looking your best. This is not vanity-it's self-liking.
Your face is always on display." "When met with opposition, even if
it should be from your own husband or your children, endeavor to
overcome it by argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent
on authority is unreal and illusory." The authors of these saws are
Anonymous, Este'e Lauder and Bertrand Russell, respectively. Theirs
are three among several hundred entries in this book of aphorisms,
compiled by ...