When there are two conflicting versions of a story, the wise course is to believe the one in which people appear at their worst. Great short quote and quotation by: H. Allen Smith ,
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Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts (1931) "Other People"
When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, Idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter. Great short quote and quotation by: Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts (1931) “Other People” , (1865 – 1946)
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When thoughts fails of words, they find imagination waiting at their elbow to teach a new language without words. Great short quote and quotation by: Author Unknown ,
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Socrates, Quoted in: Plato, Phaedrus, sct. 262.
Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into their minds through the medium of certain resemblances to that truth. Great short quote and quotation by: Socrates, Quoted in: Plato, Phaedrus, sct. 262. , Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC – 399 BC)
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Niccolo Machiavelli, Discourse upon the First Ten Books of Livy
Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it. Great short quote and quotation by: Niccolo Machiavelli, Discourse upon the First Ten Books of Livy , Italian dramatist, historian, & […]
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Whoever feels pain in hearing a good character of his neighbor, will feel a pleasure in the reverse. And those who despair to rise in distinction by their virtues, are happy if others can be depressed to a level of themselves. Great short quote and quotation by: Benjamin Franklin , US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, […]
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Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their place. Great short quote and quotation by: Field Marshall John French ,
Caligula (Gaius Caesar), From Suetonius
Would that the Roman people had a single neck [to cut off their head]. Great short quote and quotation by: Caligula (Gaius Caesar), From Suetonius , Roman emperor 037-041 (12 AD – 41 AD)
You are providing for your disciples a show of wisdom without the reality. For, acquiring by your means much information unaided by instruction, they will appear to possess much knowledge, while, in fact, they will, for the most part, know nothing at all; and, moreover, be disagreeable people to deal with, as having become wise […]
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You can pick out actors by the glazed look that comes into their eyes when the conversation wanders away from themselves. Great short quote and quotation by: Michael Wilding ,
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Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the people you have working there, and what they carry around in their heads, and their ability to work together. Great short quote and quotation by: Robert Reich ,
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