A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business.This minding of other people's business expresses itself in gossip, snooping and meddling, and also in feverish interest in communal, national and racial affairs. In running away from ourselves we either fall on our neighbor's shoulder or fly at his throat.
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I believe the best social program is a job.
He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to
society.
He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to
society.
When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?
When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?
Adversity is the first path to truth. - Don Juan.
Adversity is the first path to truth. - Don Juan.
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Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays.
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Organizational progress parallels that in science and technology, permitting ultimate simplicity through intermediate complexity.
