Much of the rest of the world has already learned some English. They pretty much understand the American way of doing things, because our culture has been ubiquitous and has been the 500-pound gorilla in the global economy. But the world is far more interrelated than ever before, and no one culture can thrive without the knowledge of how to function in other cultures.
My forces are not enfeebled, I find no decay in my strength; my provisions are not cut off, I find no abhorring in mine appetite; my counsels are not corrupted nor infatuated, I find no false apprehensions to work upon mine understanding; and yet they see that invisibly, and I feel that insensibly, the disease prevails.
All of us must act selfishly to Iearn charity, must lie to learn honor, must betray and be betrayed to learn to value trust and commitment.
Humility is the embroidery of chiefs.
Virtue lives when Beauty dies.
Talk often, but never long: in that case, if you do not please, at least you are sure not to tire your hearers.
The spider is the chamberlain in the Palace of the Caesars The owl is the trumpeter on the battlements of Afrasiyah.
The guru, if he is gifted, reads the story as any bilingual person might. He does not translate-he understands.
I am saying that the recent activities by Turkey's Ministry of Agriculture, particularly the culling and communication work, is good.
If CASA?s board, which includes such scientific experts as actress Jamie Lee Curtis, wants to tell the world that drinking is bad for you, that?s their prerogative? But there?s no excuse for political activism masquerading as science.
It is better to be killed than frightened to death.
The less important you are on the table of organization, the more you'll be missed if you don't show up for work.
The man who is always talking about being a gentleman, never is one.
Aristocracy has three successive ages. First superiority s, then privileges and finally vanities. Having passed from the first, it degenerates in the second and dies in the third.
The best that can be said of you is that you got saved.
Most new things are not good, and die an early death; but those which push themselves forward and by slow degrees force themselves on the attention of mankind are the unconscious productions of human wisdom, and must have honest consideration, and must not be made the subject of unreasoning prejudice.
Weight loss programs and health clubs have an ethical and legal obligation to adequately disclose details about program costs before customers sign a contract. They should also clearly explain how the program works and what is expected so that consumers can make an informed choice whether to join.
No one can bring to God what you can.
Flattery, though a base coin, is the necessary pocket money at court; where, by custom and consent, it has obtained such a currency that it is no longer a fraudulent, but a legal payment.
We pursue that which retreats from us.
The press exerts the pressure of dissent on officials otherwise inclined to rest content with the congratulations of their retainers.
Jesus will brush aside your inabilities.
The surest way of making a dupe is to let your victim suppose you are his.
He (God) doesn't need me, but He desires me.
The Wise (Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay; But in their books, as from their graves they rise. Angels--that, side by side, upon our way, Walk with and warn us!
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