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The highest qualities of character… must be earned.
The highest qualities of character… must be earned.
We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.
We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.
Wisdom is knowing the truth, and telling it. -Unknown.
Wisdom is knowing the truth, and telling it. -Unknown.
There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.
There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.
A little experience often upsets a lot of theory.
A little experience often upsets a lot of theory.
Only the spoon knows what is stirring in the pot.
Only the spoon knows what is stirring in the pot.
A mistake is simply another way of doing things.
A mistake is simply another way of doing things.
Everyone in our culture wants to win a prize. Perhaps that is the grand lesson we have taken with us read more
Everyone in our culture wants to win a prize. Perhaps that is the grand lesson we have taken with us from kindergarten in the age of perversions of Dewey-style education: everyone gets a ribbon, and praise becomes a meaningless narcotic to soothe egoistic distemper.
Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shrewd unto thee than men understand.
Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shrewd unto thee than men understand.
