Perfection of means and confusion of ends seems to characterize our age.
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Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.
Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That’s relativity.
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The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
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Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
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The only time to buy these is on a day
The only time to buy these is on a day with no ‘y’ in it.
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Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.
Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.
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Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
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I won’t close down a business of subnormal profitability merely
I won’t close down a business of subnormal profitability merely to add a fraction of a point to our corporate returns. I also feel it inappropriate for even an exceptionally profitable company to fund an operation once it appears to have unending losses in prospect. Adam Smith would disagree with my first proposition and Karl Marx would disagree with my second; the middle ground is the only position that leaves me comfortable.
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Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
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In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer
In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.