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The thoughts of Plato and Machiavelli... don't seem quite enough armor for a world beset with splitting the atoms, urban read more
The thoughts of Plato and Machiavelli... don't seem quite enough armor for a world beset with splitting the atoms, urban guerrillas, nineteen varieties of psychotherapists, amplified guitars, napalm, computers, astronauts, and an atmosphere polluted simultaneously with auto exhaust and TV commercials.
If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.
If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.
Words have ruined more souls than any devil's agency.
Words have ruined more souls than any devil's agency.
We have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we strive to resemble them.
We have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we strive to resemble them.
Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie.
Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie.
Marke it welle,There are flowers, and there are weeds-But mostly weeds.
Marke it welle,There are flowers, and there are weeds-But mostly weeds.
The wise man sometimes flees from society from fear of being
bored.
The wise man sometimes flees from society from fear of being
bored.
Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain.
Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain.
[They say] "We do not know how this is, but we know that God can do it." You poor fools! read more
[They say] "We do not know how this is, but we know that God can do it." You poor fools! God can make a cow out of a tree, but has He ever done so? Therefore show some reason why a thing is so, or cease to hold that it is so.
