#wi

Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#although #few #gold #know #knowing

Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#knowledge #life #living #lost #where

In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social rivals, and in Florence you learn poise. ↗

— Virgil Thomson

#learn #london #paris #poise #rivals

Yes, we've seen it all before. And yes, those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it. But no, the sky is not falling - baseball is such a great game that neither the owners nor the players can kill it. After some necessary carnage, market forces will prevail. ↗

— John Thorn

#baseball #before #carnage #condemned #falling

Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of the highest reaches of human endeavor. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#characters #complimentary #endeavor #fertilization #highest

Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment. ↗

— Dogen Zenji

#attain #enlightenment #fences #plants #practice

Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#imposed #inflation #legislation #taxation #without

To be here today is just beyond my wildest dreams. ↗

— Rick Yune

#dreams #here #just #today #wildest

I hope that my investment into Atomico will become my best financial investment to date. ↗

— Niklas Zennstrom

#best #date #financial #hope #i

My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#growing-up #love #mothers #beauty