By rights, satire is a lonely ...

By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection.
 Frank Moore Colby

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As wounded men may limp through life, so our war minds may not regain the balance of their thoughts for decades.
 Frank Moore Colby
In middle life politics are not a mental acquisition; they are a temperament.
 Frank Moore Colby
You cannot find, make or understand true friendship without having enemies.
 Frank Moore Colby