Always the dullness

Always the dullness
Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits
  

Jan, 21 2012     60 chars (1 sms)     1175 views       Quotes

more Quotes SMS Messages

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.
The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.
If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.
It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.
Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.
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.
The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.
Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.
Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.
Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.