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–Winston Churchill

“I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.”

–Clarence Darrow

“He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.”

–William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)

"Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?"

—Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)

“I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it.”

–Groucho Marx

“I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”

–Mark Twain

“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.”

–Oscar Wilde

“I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend... if you have one.”

–George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill

“Cannot possibly attend first night; will attend second, if there is one.”

–Winston Churchill’s response to George Bernard Shaw

“I feel so miserable without you; it’s almost like having you here.”

–Stephen Bishop

“He is a self-made man and worships his creator.”

–John Bright

“I’ve just learned about his illness. Let’s hope it’s nothing trivial.”

–Irvin S. Cobb

“He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others.”

–Samuel Johnson

“He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up.”

–Paul Keating

“He had delusions of adequacy.”

–Walter Kerr

“Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?”

–Mark Twain

“His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.”

–Mae West

“Winston, if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee!”

–Lady Astor to Winston Churchill at a dinner party

“Madam, if I were your husband, I would drink it!”

–Winston Churchill’s response to Lady Astor

"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it."

—Moses Hadas

"There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure."

—Jack E. Leonard

"He has the attention span of a lightning bolt."

—Robert Redford

"They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge."

—Thomas Brackett Reed

"He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them."

—James Reston (about Richard Nixon)

"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily."

—Charles, Count Talleyrand

"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him."

—Forrest Tucker

"He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any one I know."

—Abraham Lincoln

"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."

—Mae West

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts — for support rather than illumination."

—Andrew Lang (1844-1912)

"He has Van Gogh's ear for music."

—Billy Wilder

“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.”

–Oscar Wilde

"You, Mr. Wilkes, will die either of the pox or on the gallows."

–The Earl of Sandwich

"That depends, my lord, whether I embrace your mistress or your principles."

–John Wilkes's response to The Earl of Sandwich

"A modest little person, with much to be modest about."

—Winston Churchill

当梦想折断了翅膀，当命运了遭遇风霜，谁也免不了忧伤；当欢笑凝固成悲伤，当生活面临洪荒，谁也免不了失望，如果无法忘却，不如学会沉淀。

一杯水，即使落满灰尘也依旧澄明，因为它懂得沉淀；一口井，即使遇到暴雨也依旧可以清澈，因为它懂得沉淀。沉淀不是一种激昂的反抗，沉淀不是一种愤怒的振荡，沉淀更不是一种消极的顺从。

沉淀是一种胸怀，是一种失意后的恬淡，是一种失败后的冷静，当一种事无法改变，只好选择沉淀，因为可以沉淀失意，沉淀失败，沉淀痛苦和不幸……所有难以忘却的污浊与痛，所有难以抹去的伤痕与愁，全都静静地沉淀在心灵的最深处。

痛定思痛，失意后的天空依旧湛蓝。歌德经历了爱恋破灭的痛苦，他也曾忧伤，也曾彷徨，一次次内心的挣扎，一次次苦苦的追寻…….终于，他不再振荡这种痛苦，静下心来，用纸笔沉淀不幸的往事。他在沉淀中，找回了心灵的平静，完成了一部不朽的著作—《少年维特之烦恼》。有一种痛，无法选择忘却，那就选择沉淀！沉淀往事，不仅能治愈心灵的创伤，还能升华精神，启迪灵魂，从而使精神得到洗礼，痛苦得到升华。

愁中品愁，痛苦中的水依旧清越。幽幽的泉水，潺潺的溪流，这等清越的声音背后，阿炳听出了世道的艰辛，听出了人生的坎坷。所经历的世事沧桑，所体会的无法言传的苦痛，终于化为二泉边一支经久不衰的二胡曲，他无法抗拒不公的命运，只好沉淀毕生的艰难苦恨，化作灵魂深处不朽的赞歌。

败中抗争，败后依然失败，挫折后的阳光依旧闪耀。沉淀是失意的坦诚，是失败后的坚持！

有一种感情，我们需要沉淀，那就是执著的爱恋；有一种心情，我们需要沉淀，那就是风雨之中的悲苦；有一种不幸，我们需要沉淀，那就是艰辛的生活；有一种挫折我们需要沉淀，那就是在追求中不可避免的失败！
 
 
麦克失业后，心情糟透了。为了排解心中的苦闷，他找到了镇上的牧师。
牧师听完了麦克的诉说，把他带进一个古旧的小屋，屋子里惟一的一张桌上放着一杯水。牧师微笑着说：“你看这只杯子，它已经放在这儿很久了，几乎每天都有灰尘落在里面，但它依然澄清透明。你知道是为什么吗？”
麦克认真思索，像是要看穿这杯子。他忽然说：“我懂了，所有的灰尘都沉淀到杯子底了。”
牧师赞同地点点头：“年轻人，生活中烦心的事很多，有些你越想忘掉越不易忘掉，那就记住它好了。就像这杯水，如果你厌恶地振荡自己，会使整杯水都不得安宁，混浊一片，这是多么愚蠢的行为。而如果你愿意慢慢地、静静地让它们沉淀下来，用宽广的胸怀去容纳它们，这样，心灵并未因此受到污染，反而更加纯净了。