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If You Desire To Be Accepted Into A Society And Known As A Fair Sort Of Person, You Must Agree To Be Taught Many Things You Have Already Long Known.
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If you desire to be accepted into a society and known as a fair sort of
person, you must agree to be taught many things you have already long known.
-- Charles Talleyrand
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Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.
-- Spinoza...
Someone is speaking well of you. That same person is known for gross exaggerations..
Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown propos'd as things forgot.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Criticism, Part iii, Line 15...
Some are born to move the world--to live their fantasies, but must of us just dream about the things we'd like to be.
Sadder still to watch it die than never to have known....
If you want to have a long life, you must give up all those things that would make a long life interesting and fun.
You have a strong desire for a home.
The things I tell you will not be wrong. Better to listen than to talk.
"I believe you." "Don't search for all the answers at once....
If you can't agree, then agree to disagree.
You will never know until you have found out, and when you do find out, you may well wish you had not known.