"Even the ablest pilots are willing to..." - Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Even the ablest pilots are willing to receive advice from passengers in tempestuous weather.
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“The most desirable thing in life after health and modest means is leisure with dignity.”
“Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.”
“Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.”
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“How laudable it is for a prince to keep good faith and live with integrity, and not with astuteness, every one knows. Still the experience of our times shows those princes to have done great things who have had little regard for good faith, and have been able by astuteness to confuse men's brains, and who have ultimately overcome those who have made loyalty their foundation.”
“Change the leader, change the organization.”
“The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters.”
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“The superior man accords with the course of the Mean. Though he may be all unknown, unregarded by the world, he feels no regret - It is only the sage who is able for this.”
“We may elevate ourselves but we should never reach so high that we would every forget those who helped us get there.”
“Don't worry if people don't recognize your merits; worry that you may not recognize theirs.”