-Alice Munro
Though all men be made of one metal,
yet they be not cast all in one mold.
-John Lyly
Every one follows his own bent.
Man is like a tree.
You've never quarreled with a fig tree
because it doesn't bear cherries,
have you?
-Nikos Kazantzakis
It's extraordinary how little two people can understand each other
and how cruel two people who are fond of each other can be to each other -
there is practically no cruelty so awful because their power to hurt is so great.
-May Sarton
Seek not every quality in one individual.
-Confucius
An unlearned carpenter of my acquaintance
once said in my hearing:
"There is very little difference between one man and another;
but what little there is, is very important.
-William James
