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Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.
No one wants advice -- only corroboration. - The Winter of Our Discontent.
No one wants advice -- only corroboration. - The Winter of Our Discontent.
Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its read more
Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are read more
When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him.
When two men share an umbrella, both of them get wet.
When two men share an umbrella, both of them get wet.
What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You read more
What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning -- and some of them many times over -- what do you find? That you can swim? Well -- life is just the same as learning to swim! Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!
For me, elegance is not to pass unnoticed but to get to the very soul of what one is.
For me, elegance is not to pass unnoticed but to get to the very soul of what one is.
Character is more important than intelligence for success.
Character is more important than intelligence for success.
