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<blockquote data-quote="ninthcouncil" data-source="post: 380128" data-attributes="member: 2566"><p>To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.</p><p>- Ambrose Bierce</p><p></p><p>You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements.</p><p>- W.B.Yeats</p><p></p><p>Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.</p><p>- Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See</p><p></p><p>An apt and true reply was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the man what he meant by keeping hostile possession of the sea, he answered with bold pride. "What thou meanest by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, whilst thou who dost it with a great fleet art styled emperor."</p><p>- St. Augustine</p><p></p><p>I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them. </p><p>- Jane Austen (1775-1817)</p><p></p><p>If you cry "forward", you must without fail make plain in what direction to go.</p><p>- Anton Chekhov</p><p></p><p>"The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage."</p><p>- Danish Proverb</p><p></p><p>A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs...</p><p>- Epicurus (341-270 B.C.)</p><p></p><p>Kill no more pigeons than you can eat.</p><p>- Benjamin Franklin</p><p></p><p>The graveyards are full of indispensable men.</p><p>- Charles de Gaulle</p><p></p><p>What do you take me for, an idiot?</p><p>- Charles de Gaulle, when asked if he was happy </p><p></p><p>I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.</p><p>- Thomas Jefferson</p><p></p><p>Do not overestimate the decency of the human race.</p><p>- H. L. Mencken</p><p></p><p>Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.</p><p>- Albert Einstein</p><p></p><p>I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. </p><p>- Galileo Galilei </p><p></p><p>The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.</p><p>- Niels Bohr</p><p></p><p>Silence is argument carried out by other means.</p><p>- Che Guevara</p><p></p><p>If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?</p><p>- Will Rogers</p><p></p><p>Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.</p><p>- Wernher Von Braun</p><p></p><p>And finally, a whole bunch from the Confucian Analects:</p><p></p><p>"Learning without thinking is fruitless; thinking without learning is perplexing."</p><p></p><p>Duke Ai asked: "What must we do to make the people obedient?"</p><p>Master Kong replied: "Promote the upright, place them above the crooked, and the people shall be obedient. Promote the crooked, place them above the upright, and the people shall be disobedient."</p><p></p><p>"Acting solely in pursuit of profit will incur much resentment."</p><p></p><p>"Those who err through self-restraint are rare indeed."</p><p></p><p>"He who loves courage and hates poverty will rebel; he who is inhumane and is hated excessively will also rebel."</p><p></p><p>"I have never seen anyone who loves virtue as much as he loves beautiful women."</p><p></p><p>"When the state possesses the Way, speak uprightly and act uprightly; when the state loses the Way, act uprightly, but speak modestly."</p><p></p><p>"The gentleman rests at ease in adversity; the small man, once reduced to adversity, becomes reckless."</p><p></p><p>"Be more demanding with yourself and less so with others and you shall keep resentment away."</p><p></p><p>"If, at forty, a man is still loathed, he is done for."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Enjoy!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ninthcouncil, post: 380128, member: 2566"] To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense. - Ambrose Bierce You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements. - W.B.Yeats Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See An apt and true reply was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the man what he meant by keeping hostile possession of the sea, he answered with bold pride. "What thou meanest by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, whilst thou who dost it with a great fleet art styled emperor." - St. Augustine I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them. - Jane Austen (1775-1817) If you cry "forward", you must without fail make plain in what direction to go. - Anton Chekhov "The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage." - Danish Proverb A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs... - Epicurus (341-270 B.C.) Kill no more pigeons than you can eat. - Benjamin Franklin The graveyards are full of indispensable men. - Charles de Gaulle What do you take me for, an idiot? - Charles de Gaulle, when asked if he was happy I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. - Thomas Jefferson Do not overestimate the decency of the human race. - H. L. Mencken Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - Albert Einstein I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. - Galileo Galilei The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. - Niels Bohr Silence is argument carried out by other means. - Che Guevara If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out? - Will Rogers Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing. - Wernher Von Braun And finally, a whole bunch from the Confucian Analects: "Learning without thinking is fruitless; thinking without learning is perplexing." Duke Ai asked: "What must we do to make the people obedient?" Master Kong replied: "Promote the upright, place them above the crooked, and the people shall be obedient. Promote the crooked, place them above the upright, and the people shall be disobedient." "Acting solely in pursuit of profit will incur much resentment." "Those who err through self-restraint are rare indeed." "He who loves courage and hates poverty will rebel; he who is inhumane and is hated excessively will also rebel." "I have never seen anyone who loves virtue as much as he loves beautiful women." "When the state possesses the Way, speak uprightly and act uprightly; when the state loses the Way, act uprightly, but speak modestly." "The gentleman rests at ease in adversity; the small man, once reduced to adversity, becomes reckless." "Be more demanding with yourself and less so with others and you shall keep resentment away." "If, at forty, a man is still loathed, he is done for." Enjoy! [/QUOTE]
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