Not admitting a mistake is a bigger mistake.

Not admitting a mistake is a bigger mistake.

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.

Liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is liberty to that read more

Liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is liberty to that which is good, just, and honest.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

The past is where you learned the lesson... the future is where u apply the lesson. Don't give up in read more

The past is where you learned the lesson... the future is where u apply the lesson. Don't give up in the middle!

Merciful heaven,
Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt
Splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oak
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Merciful heaven,
Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt
Splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oak
Than the soft myrtle; but man, proud man,
Dressed in a little brief authority,
Most ignorant of what he's most assured
His glassy essence--like an angry ape
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As makes the angels weep; who, with our spleens,
would all themselves laugh mortal.

To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.

To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.