"If it were done when 'tis done,..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well. It were done quickly.
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“Just saying you are better than good won't make it so. But, when you understand what it takes to live the better than good life, and you apply yourself, your life will truly be better than good.”
“People become house builders through building houses, harp players through playing the harp. We grow to be just by doing things which are just.”
“Knowledge kills action; action requires the veils of illusion.”
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“What is the real function, the essential function, the supreme function, of language? Isn't it merely to convey ideas and emotions? Certainly. Then if we can do it with words of fonetic brevity and compactness, why keep the present cumbersome forms?”
“Lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has always been considered the foremost quality and the recommendation of the active, efficient and practical man.”
“Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.”