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Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while read more
The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me.
The problem is not whether business will survive in competition with business, but whether any business will survive at all read more
The problem is not whether business will survive in competition with business, but whether any business will survive at all in the ;face of social change.
Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is read more
Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.
Nothing is more annoying than a low man raised to a high
position.
[Lat., Asperius nihil est humil read more
Nothing is more annoying than a low man raised to a high
position.
[Lat., Asperius nihil est humil cum surgit in altum.]
Some people change when they see the light, others when they feel the heat. -Caroline Schoeder.
Some people change when they see the light, others when they feel the heat. -Caroline Schoeder.
All change is not growth; all movement is not forward.
All change is not growth; all movement is not forward.
No sensible man (among the many things that have been written on
this kind) ever imputed inconsistency to another read more
No sensible man (among the many things that have been written on
this kind) ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his
mind.
[Lat., Nemo doctus unquam (multa autem de hoc genere scripta
sunt) mutationem consili inconstantiam dixit esse.]
