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We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed.
We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed.
Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear read more
Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.
Success, or failure, very often arrives on wings that seem mysterious to us.
Success, or failure, very often arrives on wings that seem mysterious to us.
That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.
That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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.
Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.
Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.
Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.
Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.
The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects.
The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects.
