#act

When a man sees something desirable, he must reflect on the fact that with time it could come to involve what is detestable. When he sees something that is beneficial, he should reflect that sooner or later it, too, could come to involve harm. ↗

— Xun Zi

#come #could #desirable #detestable #fact

I had to tell about my colonic, which expresses the fact why I'm so neat today as opposed to a few years ago. I never knew that the weight made that much difference. ↗

— James Brown

#ago #difference #expresses #fact #few

Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#either #every #strong #successful #weak

You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants. ↗

— Harry Browne

#anything #bad #fact #give #giving

The more you participate in our common endeavors, the more successful your work in the factory, mine, wharf or village, in an economic institute or in the arts, in commerce or administration, the sooner we will be where we all want to be. ↗

— Walter Ulbricht

#arts #commerce #common #economic #endeavors

But, actually, it is only Americans who say that our freedoms and prosperity are the reason foreigners hate us. If you ask the foreigners, they make it clear that it's America's bullying foreign policy they detest. ↗

— Harry Browne

#america #ask #bullying #clear #detest

Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of society - people who want to use government to avoid having to earn their living and to avoid having to persuade others to accept their ideas voluntarily. ↗

— Harry Browne

#attract #avoid #because #earn #elements

Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters. ↗

— Sam Wyly

#ago #bought #his #i #letters

At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction. ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

#dictionaries #distraction #enough #excellent #impossible

Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your maturity is how spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations. ↗

— Samuel Ullman

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