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I'm just a newsboy who met a President. ↗

— David Powers

#just #met #president #who

Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest. ↗

— Pindar

#self-interest #wisdom #yield

Men are the dreams of a shadow. ↗

— Pindar

#men #shadow

The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses. ↗

— Pindar

#days #still #wisest #witnesses

The willow is my favorite tree. I grew up near one. It's the most flexible tree in nature and nothing can break it - no wind, no elements, it can bend and withstand anything. ↗

— Pink

#bend #break #elements #favorite #flexible

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#philosophy #pessimism

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. ↗

— Plato

#live #men #part #punishment #refuse

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#mysterious #reality #truth #vision #art

Immodest and attractive is easy. Modest and repulsive is easy too. But modest and attractive is an art form. ↗

— Douglas Wilson

#attractive #attractiveness #immodest #immodesty #modest

So no, it's not all in the genes, but what isn't in the genes isn't in the family environment either. It can't be explained in terms of the overall personalities or the child-rearing practices of parents. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#either #environment #explained #family #genes