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There are some people who knock the pyramids because they don't have elevators.
There are some people who knock the pyramids because they don't have elevators.
No one is entitled to the truth.
No one is entitled to the truth.
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as read more
As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints.
No padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden better than her own reserve.
No padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden better than her own reserve.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the read more
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.
To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.
Promise is most given when the least is said.
Promise is most given when the least is said.
It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, read more
It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, and imagine that the elastic which holds the mask on has just broken, so that the man (rather than let the mask slip off) has to tilt his head back and balance the mask on his real face. This is the kind of tyranny which Lawson's face exerts over the rest of his body as he cruises along the corridors. He doesn't look down his nose at you, he looks along his nose.
