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Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs
and honor those whom they have slain. The read more
Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs
and honor those whom they have slain. The Brothers Karamazov
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The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its
efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool read more
The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its
efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God
forgot inside one of His creatures when He made him.
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.
Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady
purpose-a point on which the soul may fix its read more
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady
purpose-a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and read more
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he'll quickly learn how to chew read more
An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he'll quickly learn how to chew it.
America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of read more
America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese. - The Lonely Crowd.
