Too great a preoccupation with motives (especially one's own motive) is liable to lead to too little concern for consequences.

Quote by Katherine Whitehorn

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The disease is painless; it's the cure that hurts.

The disease is painless; it's the cure that hurts.

The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to...

The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to...

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a...

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a...

No nice men are good at getting taxis.

No nice men are good at getting taxis.

The best careers advice to give to the young is 'Find out what you like...

The best careers advice to give to the young is 'Find out what you like...

There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to...

There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to...

Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for it.

Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for it.

The rule is not to talk about money with people who have much more or...

The rule is not to talk about money with people who have much more or...

I am firm. You are obstinate. He is a pig-headed fool.

I am firm. You are obstinate. He is a pig-headed fool.

From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary...

From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary...

Why do born-again people so often make you wish they'd never been born the first...

Why do born-again people so often make you wish they'd never been born the first...

Have you ever taken something out of the clothes hamper because it had become, relatively,...

Have you ever taken something out of the clothes hamper because it had become, relatively,...

A food is not necessarily essential just because your child hates it.

A food is not necessarily essential just because your child hates it.

The best careers advice to give to the young is 'Find out what you like...

The best careers advice to give to the young is 'Find out what you like...

Outside every thin woman is a fat man trying to get in.

Outside every thin woman is a fat man trying to get in.

Children and zip fasteners do not respond to force...except occasionally.

Children and zip fasteners do not respond to force...except occasionally.

Where there's smoke, there's fire

Where there's smoke, there's fire

I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this...

I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this...

Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward...

Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward...

I believe that everything that you do bad comes back to you. So everything that...

I believe that everything that you do bad comes back to you. So everything that...