The real purpose

The real purpose
The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking
  

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A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.
The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.
The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.
Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.
A man's ruin lies in his tongue.
There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.
God made time, but man made haste.
The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.
Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.
The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.
A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.
Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.