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The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.
The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.
Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.
Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.
Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.
Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.
The hermit doesn't sleep at night, in love with the blue of the vacant moon. The cool of the breeze read more
The hermit doesn't sleep at night, in love with the blue of the vacant moon. The cool of the breeze that rustles the trees rustles him too.
Thinking in words slows you down and actually decreases comprehension in much the same way as walking a tightrope too read more
Thinking in words slows you down and actually decreases comprehension in much the same way as walking a tightrope too slowly makes one lose one's balance.
Never practice two vices at once.
Never practice two vices at once.
Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.
Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.
Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.
Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.
It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.
It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.
