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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Modesty is the clothing of talent.
Nevercut what you can untie.
Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.
Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.
In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.
If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.
Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.
A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.
Better ask ten times than go astray once.
Real swaraj will come not by the acquisition of authority by a few but by the acquisition of capacity by all to resist authority when it is abused
The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.
Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.