No one believes a liar even when he tells the truth
AesopTag: wisdom life-truths
Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none.
Robert A. HeinleinTag: wisdom life inspirational truth philosophy excellence critics
Tis easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.
Benjamin FranklinTag: wisdom
No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
SallustTag: wisdom
Normalization takes place not because there is Western-ideology that normalizes third-world texts in any special way (other than the usual play with exoticism) but because this academic seeks to domesticate everything, even Marx.
Aijaz AhmadTag: wisdom thoughtful common-sense political
That vice has often proved an emancipator of the mind, is one of the most humiliating, but, at the same time, one of the most unquestionable facts in history.
William Edward Hartpole LeckyTag: wisdom politics philosophical
The worst thing: to give yourself away in exchange for not enough love.
Joyce Carol OatesThe soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
Marcus AureliusTag: wisdom history soul rome thoughts
Life is a journey, Frannie darling," Feagan had once told me. "Choose well those with whom you travel."
As always, I've followed Feagan's counsel.
Tag: wisdom life love soulmates
But what if I make a mistake?' Will asked.
Gilan threw back his head and laughed. 'A mistake? One mistake? You should be so lucky. You'll make dozens! I made four or five on my first day alone! Of course you'll make mistakes. Just don't make any of them twice. If you do mess things up, don't try to hide it. Don't try to rationalize it. Recognize it and admit it and learn from it. We never stop learning, none of us.
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