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Never wrestle with a strong man nor bring a rich man to court.
Never wrestle with a strong man nor bring a rich man to court.
Wisdom is scar tissue in disguise.
Wisdom is scar tissue in disguise.
I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom read more
I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it.
It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, read more
It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, and imagine that the elastic which holds the mask on has just broken, so that the man (rather than let the mask slip off) has to tilt his head back and balance the mask on his real face. This is the kind of tyranny which Lawson's face exerts over the rest of his body as he cruises along the corridors. He doesn't look down his nose at you, he looks along his nose.
Common sense is perhaps the most equally divided, but surely the most underemployed, talent in the world.
Common sense is perhaps the most equally divided, but surely the most underemployed, talent in the world.
Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer - into a selflessness which links us with read more
Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer - into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.
In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far read more
In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.
A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to read more
A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to adopt new and startling methods.
The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry enough. - The House of read more
The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry enough. - The House of Gold.
