The average man’

The average man’
The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.
  

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Oppositesattract and then can't stand each other.
Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.
The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.
Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.
It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.
Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
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Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.
The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.
Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.
Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.