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The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds,...

The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds,...

The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor...

The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor...

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

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

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

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

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...

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.

Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert.

Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert.

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.

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...

Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how...

Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how...

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let...

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let...

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed...

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed...

Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.

Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.

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...

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...

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...

Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard...

Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard...

And therefore education at the University mostly worked by the age-old method of putting a...

And therefore education at the University mostly worked by the age-old method of putting a...

I never did very well in mathI could never seem to persuade the teacher that...

I never did very well in mathI could never seem to persuade the teacher that...

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's...

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's...