Frases de Louis Nizer

“A verdadeira religião é a vida que levamos, não o credo que professamos.”

“Palavras de conforto, cuidadosamente escolhidas, são a mais antiga terapia conhecida pelo homem.”

“Sim, existe sorte em um processo legal, mas ela só aparece de madrugada. Você ainda me encontra na biblioteca de madrugada, procurando a sorte.”

“Quando uma pessoa está infeliz, nada dá mais raiva do que alguém dizer que ela deveria estar contente com o seu quinhão.”

“When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing to himself.”

“There is an aphorism about a farmer who before sunrise on a cold and misty morning, saw a huge beast on a distant hill. He seized his rifle and walked cautiously toward the ogre to head off an attack on his family. When he got nearer, he was relieved to find that the beast was only a small bear. He approached more confidently and when he was within a few hundred yards the distorting haze had lifted sufficiently so that he could recognize the figure as only that of a man. Lowering his rifle, he walked toward the stranger and discovered he was his brother.”

“A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.”

“A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.”