Never miss a chance to laugh
There are three things which are real: God, human folly, and laughter. Since the first two pass our comprehension, we must do what we can with the third. - Aubrey Menen
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at Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:28:15 +0000
We rush to sign bills before we read them and we rush to throw people out of their homes before we have the proper paperwork needed! Could we just take some time to think about it?
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at Wed, 06 Oct 2010 07:05:21 +0000
A wise man is worth listening to
Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. - Ben Jonson
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at Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:34:20 +0000
Scolding is useless at persuading
It does not pay to scold. I believe you can get people to do anything [if you can get them to do it at all] by loving them into doing it. - George Albert
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at Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:21:17 +0000
Beware snobbery
Prosperity has this property, it puffs up narrow souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and looks down upon the world with contempt; but a truly noble and resolved spirit appears greatest in distress, and then becomes more bright and conspicuous. ? Plutarch
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at Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:55:17 +0000