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punctuality is the thief of time.
Oscar Wilde • The Picture of Dorian Gray
To quote the doyenne of the double meaning Dorothy Parker again: ‘There’s a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words.’
Louise Willder • Blurb Your Enthusiasm: A Cracking Compendium of Book Blurbs, Writing Tips, Literary Folklore and Publishing Secrets
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives."
Oscar Wilde • The Picture of Dorian Gray
“This can be swiftly taught in very few words: virtue is the only good; there is no certain good without virtue; and virtue resides in our nobler part, which is the rational one. And what can this virtue be? True and steadfast judgment. For from this will arise every mental impulse, and by it every appearance that spurs our impulses will be rendere
... See moreRyan Holiday • The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living: Featuring new translations of Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius
As Confucius said, “A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it, is committing another mistake.”
Rhiannon Beaubien • The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts
the man who believes he knows everything learns nothing.
Mark Manson • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Mark Manson Collection Book 1)
A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men. – Roald Dahl
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
John Kenneth Galbraith, when “faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.”1