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Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.
Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.
Hamming's Motto: The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.
Hamming's Motto: The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.
You live with your thoughts -- so be careful what they are.
You live with your thoughts -- so be careful what they are.
You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's read more
You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today and we don't know where the hell she is.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say read more
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
There is a sort of veteran woman of condition, who, having lived always in the grand monde, and having possibly read more
There is a sort of veteran woman of condition, who, having lived always in the grand monde, and having possibly had some gallantries, together with the experience of five and twenty or thirty years, form a young fellow better than all the rules that can be given him. Wherever you go, make some of those women your friends; which a very little matter will do. Ask their advice, tell them your doubts or difficulties as to your behavior; but take great care not to drop one word of their experience; for experience implies age, and the suspicion of age, no woman, let her be ever so old, ever forgives.
Even the richest soil, if left uncultivated will produce the rankest weeds.
Even the richest soil, if left uncultivated will produce the rankest weeds.
Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write read more
Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser than usual; if with your superiors, no finer.
