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The stupider the peasant, the better the horse understands him.
The stupider the peasant, the better the horse understands him.
Society is like air; very high up, it is sublimated--too low down, a perfect choke-damp.
Society is like air; very high up, it is sublimated--too low down, a perfect choke-damp.
Eagles soar, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines.
Eagles soar, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines.
Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain.
Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain.
No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice read more
No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not.
Take your work seriously, but never yourself.
Take your work seriously, but never yourself.
A man that would expect to train lobsters to fly in a year is called a lunatic; but a man read more
A man that would expect to train lobsters to fly in a year is called a lunatic; but a man that thinks men can be turned into angels by an election is a reformer and remains at large.
Humiliating to human pride as it may be, we must recognize that the advance and even the preservation of civilization read more
Humiliating to human pride as it may be, we must recognize that the advance and even the preservation of civilization are dependent upon a maximum of opportunity for accidents to happen.
All rising to great place is by winding stair.
All rising to great place is by winding stair.
