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Civilization rests on a set of promises; if the promises are broken too often, the civilization dies, no matter how read more
Civilization rests on a set of promises; if the promises are broken too often, the civilization dies, no matter how rich it may be, or how mechanically clever. Hope and faith depend on the promises; if hope and faith go, everything goes.
Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they read more
Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely so much as a nod of the head, make their point of constructive criticism and continue on in calm forbearance. Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
When science discovers the center of the universe a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not read more
When science discovers the center of the universe a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it.
Others have done it before me. I can, too.
Others have done it before me. I can, too.
Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake?"This is commonly misquotes as "You can't have you're cake and read more
Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake?"This is commonly misquotes as "You can't have you're cake and eat it, too. - John Heywood's Proverbs, 1546.
Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.
Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.
For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the read more
For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.
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.
