All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.
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Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.Gilbert K. Chesterton
A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.
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The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.
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I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
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If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, very probably you will not.
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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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