The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich. Consequently, the modern poor are not pitied but written off as trash. The twentieth-century consumer economy has produced the first culture for which a beggar is a reminder of nothing.
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Let no man under value the price of a virtuous woman's counsel.
Let no man under value the price of a virtuous woman's counsel.
The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.
The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.
To reach a great height a person needs to have great depth.
To reach a great height a person needs to have great depth.
Good men prefer to be accountable.
Good men prefer to be accountable.
While intelligent people can often simplify the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple.
While intelligent people can often simplify the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple.
No pressure, no diamonds.
No pressure, no diamonds.
The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man.
The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man.
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For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.
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Never, ever underestimate the power of 'Id Like that.
