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The much vaunted male logic isn't logical, because they display prejudices -- against half the human race -- that are read more
The much vaunted male logic isn't logical, because they display prejudices -- against half the human race -- that are considered prejudices according to any dictionary definition.
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his read more
I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his pot every Sunday.
What is conceived well is expressed clearly.
What is conceived well is expressed clearly.
I have found it is much easier to make a success in life than to make a success of one's read more
I have found it is much easier to make a success in life than to make a success of one's life.
In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is read more
In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest. - The Books in My Life.
Don't just learn the tricks of the trade. Learn the trade.
Don't just learn the tricks of the trade. Learn the trade.
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there read more
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.
Nothing in the world is more haughty than a man of moderate capacity when once raised to power.
Nothing in the world is more haughty than a man of moderate capacity when once raised to power.