Attitudes are more important than facts.

Attitudes are more important than facts.

Think'st thou there are no serpents in the world
But those who slide along the grassy sod,
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Think'st thou there are no serpents in the world
But those who slide along the grassy sod,
And sting the luckless foot that presses them?
There are who in the path of social life
Do bask their spotted skins in Fortune's sun,
And sting the soul.

God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.

God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering the weaknesses of others.

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering the weaknesses of others.

I often wish ... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? read more

I often wish ... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.

Every crowd has a silver lining.

Every crowd has a silver lining.

Hateful to me as are the gates of hell,
Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart,
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Hateful to me as are the gates of hell,
Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart,
Utters another.

What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he
hid himself among women.

What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he
hid himself among women.

If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.

If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.