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wisdom men house
You would not call a man humane for ceasing to set mousetraps if he did so because he believed there were no mice in the house. C. S. Lewis
wisdom believe ideas
Human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to believe in a certain way, and can't really get rid of it. C. S. Lewis
wisdom men virtue
It still remains true that no justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous. C. S. Lewis
wisdom use emergencies
We regard God as an airman regards his parachute; it's there for emergencies but he hopes he'll never have to use it. C. S. Lewis
wisdom entrepreneur intelligence
Success comes more quickly to the entrepreneur that follows his instincts rather than following the progress of his competitors. Alan Sugar
wisdom perspective
Perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Alan Kay
wisdom fun motherhood
Conventionality is not morality. Charlotte Bronte
wisdom standing
You are only as good as the woman you are standing beside. Charlie Chaplin
wisdom greatness love-is
Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown. Charles de Gaulle
ignorance sarcasm
His ignorance is encyclopedic. Abba Eban
ignorance progress too-much
Without knowledge there can be no sure progress. Vice and barbarism are the inseparable companions of ignorance. Nor is it too much to say that, except in rare instances, the highest virtue is attained only through intelligence. Charles Sumner
ignorance doe generations
It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous. Charles Dudley Warner
ignorance pride whole-family
The whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other Charles Caleb Colton
ignorance errors steps
Error, when she retraces her steps, has farther to go before she can arrive at truth than ignorance. Charles Caleb Colton
ignorance pride thinking
It is with nations as with individuals, those who know the least of others think the highest of themselves; for the whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other. Charles Caleb Colton
ignorance vices principles
Women who are the least bashful are not unfrequently the most modest; and we are never more deceived than when we would infer any laxity of principle from that freedom of demeanor which often arises from a total ignorance of vice. Charles Caleb Colton
ignorance pedants disgusting
Folly disgusts us less by her ignorance than pedantry by her learning. Charles Caleb Colton
ignorance knowledge men
A man who knows the world will not only make the most of everything he does know, but of many things he does not know, and will gain more credit by his adroit mode of hiding his ignorance than the pedant by his awkward attempt to exhibit his erudition. Charles Caleb Colton
sloth laziness virtue
Sloth, if it has prevented many crimes, has also smothered many virtues. Charles Caleb Colton
sloth unreliability answers
What do you want to avoid? Such an easy answer: sloth and unreliability. If you're unreliable it doesn't matter what your virtues are. You're going to crater immediately. Doing what you have faithfully engaged to do should be an automatic part of your conduct. You want to avoid sloth and unreliability. Charlie Munger
sloth lazy agnostic
You are not an agnostic.....You are just a fat slob who is too lazy to go to Mass. Conor Cruise O'Brien
sloth heroic enterprise
I was once invited to take part in a heroic, possibly fatal enterprise, but I declined, mainly on account of sloth. Edward Abbey
sloth laziness easy
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all things easy. Benjamin Franklin
sloth overcoming diligence
Diligence overcomes difficulties; sloth makes them. Benjamin Franklin
sloth laziness hard
Weariness can snore upon the flint when resting sloth finds the down pillow hard. William Shakespeare
sloth apes court
And to the English court assemble now, From every region, apes of idleness! William Shakespeare
sloth horror awake
Awake, awake, English nobility! Let not sloth dim your horrors new-begot. William Shakespeare