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Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to...

An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to...

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to...

America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to...

If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.

If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.

You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself he...

You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself he...

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance...

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance...

In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for...

Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for...

Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the...

Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the...

There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.

There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.

The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with...

The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with...

Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will...

Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will...

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its...

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its...

Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone.

Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone.

A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows...

A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows...

A man convinced against his will is not convinced.

A man convinced against his will is not convinced.

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.

Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object.

Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object.

A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.

A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.