The real purpose

The real purpose
The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking
  

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Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.
Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.
You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.
When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.
In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.
The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.
Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.
Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.
If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.
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Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.
Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.