Maxioms by Robert Heinlein
Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.
Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.
Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes read more
Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy -- in fact, they're almost incompatible; one emotion hardly leaves room for the other. Both at once can produce unbearable turmoil...
Learning isn't a means to an end; it is an end in itself.
Learning isn't a means to an end; it is an end in itself.
To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and dull fantasy at that, as read more
To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.