"Nobody is qualified to become a statesman..." - Quote by Socrates
Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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“YOU ARE NOT ONLY GOOD TO YOURSELF, BUT THE CAUSE OF GOODNESS IN OTHERS”
“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.”
“Besides, it is a shame to let yourself grow old through neglect before seeing how you can develop the maximum beauty and strength of body; and you can have this experience if your are negligent, because these things don't normally happen by themselves.”
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“Inquisitiveness is the most useful talent.”
“Literary gentlemen, editors, and critics think that they know how to write, because they have studied grammar and rhetoric; but they are egregiously mistaken. The art of composition is as simple as the discharge of a bullet from a rifle, and its masterpieces imply an infinitely greater force behind them.”
“Nothing is more damaging to the truth than an old error.”