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Ashleigh Brilliant

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Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant (December 9, 1933 – September 24, 2025) was a British and American epigrammatist and cartoonist. He was best known for his "Pot-Shots", single-panel illustrations with one-line humorous remarks, which began syndication in the United States in 1975.

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Quotes from Ashleigh Brilliant

Once I wanted total happiness—now I will settle for a little less pain.

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One possible reason why things aren't going according to plan is that there never was a plan.

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There are some things children cannot know, because once they learn them they are no longer children.

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It's been a lifelong problem of mine that those I've been closest to are the ones I've had the least influence on. My parents, my sister, my wife, even my cat—or maybe I should say especially my cat—have never really taken me seriously. That may help to explain why I finished up making a career of peddling my thoughts to the world in general. At least the world in general doesn't automatically dismiss anything coming from me, that is, so long as I say it in a neat epigram of 17 words or less.

—Ashleigh Brilliant

It's human to make mistakes and some of us are more human than others.

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The best reason for having dreams is that in dreams no reasons are necessary.

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Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.

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It's hopeless! Tomorrow there'll be even more books I should have read than there are today.

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Words are a wonderful form of communication, but they will never replace kisses and punches.

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Why does life keep teaching me lessons I have no desire to learn?

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Strangely enough, this is the past that somebody in the future is longing to go back to.

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