Pride is the master sin of the devil.
~ Edwin Hubbell Chapin
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Pride is the master sin of the devil.
~ Edwin Hubbell Chapin
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There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
~ Sun Tzu
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Feeling must have a medium in order to function at all; in the same way, thought must have symbols.
~ Mark Rothko
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People who pride themselves on their complexity and deride others for being simplistic should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth.
~ Thomas Sowell
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Well, all I know is what I read in the papers.
~ Will Rogers
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For a time, courseware was optional. Some faculty kept using paper syllabi; others adopted the online tools. Some used a combination. But as universities invested big bucks in courseware, and as courseware companies made big bucks selling it, the pressure to adopt it increased.
~ Ian Bogost via The Atlantic
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What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations.
~ Sun Tzu
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Drama moves us: conflict is an inherent pattern in reality. Harmony moves us too: faced as we are with ever imminent disorder. It is a powerful idea.
~ Mark Rothko
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Many of the dangerous things that drivers do are not likely to save them even 10 seconds. When you bet your life against 10 seconds, that is giving bigger odds than you are ever likely to get in Las Vegas.
~ Thomas Sowell
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