Economics is the science which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses.
BILL VAUGHANThe most malignant of enemies is the lust which abides within.
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It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.
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Aristocracy has three successive ages. First superiority s, then privileges and finally vanities. Having passed from the first, it degenerates in the second and dies in the third.
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Perhaps the crime situation would be improved if we could get more cops off television and onto the streets.
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O hour, of all hours, the most blesse’d upon earth, The bless’d hour of our dinners!
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One in whose head is conceit, Think not that he will ever listen to truth.
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Your thoughts are making you.
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Adolescence is society’s permission slip for combining physical maturity with psychological irresponsibility.
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The real process of making decisions, of gathering support, of developing opinions, happens before the meeting or after.
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The mind of a wise man is the safest custody of secrets; cheerfulness is the key to friendship; patience and forbearance will conceal many defects.
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What the result means is that the Franco-German axis is in serious trouble. It’s the end of a phase which began in 2002.
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It turns out there’s only one thing that capuchins really, really love – and that’s sweet stuff. If you give them a big vat of say, marshmallow fluff, and you let them go at it.
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God wants us along for the victory, but it is His fight.
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There is no need to engage in a mental dialogue about the merits and demerits of the fish, emotionally react to the fish, or jump into the water to try to catch the fish. Once the fish is out of sight, it should also be out of mind.
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Most people – and particularly people whose lives have nothing to do with books at all – are intrigued by the idea that somebody wants to listen to them and get it right.
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As surely as you are a living man, so surely did that spectral anatomy visit my room again last night, grin in my face, and walk away with my trousers: nor was I able to spring from my bed, or break the chain which seemed to bind me to my pillow.
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The wolf changes his coat, but not his disposition.
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Letters should be easy and natural.
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It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty.
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Contraries are cured by contraries.
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Patience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request.
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The Four Rules of Life: 1. Show Up 2. Pay Attention 3.Tell the Truth 4. Don’t be upset at the results.
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Behavior is the theory of manners practically applied.
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The pain endured. The lesson learned. Let it now be forgotten! Face the future with courage, cheerfulness, and hope. Give God the chance and He will make you forget all that it would be harmful to remember.
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Insofar as theology is an attempt to define and clarify intellectual positions, it is apt to lead to discussion, to differences of opinion, even to controversy, and hence to be divisive.
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On the neck of a giraffe a flea begins to believe in immortality.
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The wonderful world of home appliances now makes it possible to cook indoors with charcoal and outdoors with gas.
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