Conflictis the gadfly

Conflictis the gadfly
Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.
  

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If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.
It'snot hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.
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