General and abstract ideas are the source of the greatest errors of mankind.
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You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.Jean Jacques Rousseau
Universal silence must be taken to imply the consent of the people.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Remember the parable of talentsthe story of the three servants who had received talents, five, two and one respectively When their master returned they all gave account of their stewardship. The first two had doubled their capital. Each of them said so in sixteen words and their work was pronounced, 'Well done, good and faithful servant.' The third servant had accomplished absolutely nothing but his report took forty-three words, three times as long as each of the other two reports. Dont be like servant number three. Make good Dont explain your failure Do the thing you are expected to do Then you wont have to explain why you didn't, couldnt, wouldnt, or shouldnt. Efficiency That is the soul-satisfying joy of making good. Doing your work just a little better than anyone else gives you the margin of success. Making good required no explanation. Failure required forty-three words.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
I hate books, for they only teach people to talk about what they don' t understand.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Using Valero's forecast and a 4.3 3-year historical average for this period, we estimate an incremental supply loss of about 260,000 bd over this 4-month period. Moreover, with much of the turnaround work expected to focus on the refineries' cat cracking units, a disproportionate amount of the production loss will likely be gasoline, reducing inventories (currently at historically average levels) ahead of the summer driving season.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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