The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.

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The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to...

The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to...

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they...

If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they...

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do...

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do...

Business is a combination of war and sport.

Business is a combination of war and sport.

Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.

Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.

Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more human world

Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more human world

All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after...

All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after...

There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.

There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you...

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you...

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All...

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All...

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you...

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you...

In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people

In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no...

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no...

Business is a combination of war and sport.

Business is a combination of war and sport.

Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly

Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love...

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love...

...the more the soul knows, the more she loves, and loving much, she tastes much

...the more the soul knows, the more she loves, and loving much, she tastes much

Hell is seperation from love.

Hell is seperation from love.

A book is a friend; a good book is a good friend. It will talk...

A book is a friend; a good book is a good friend. It will talk...

Humility, that low, sweet root, From which all heavenly virtues shoot

Humility, that low, sweet root, From which all heavenly virtues shoot