The aimof argument

The aimof argument
The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
  

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The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.
Status symbols are medals you buy yourself
Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.
It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.
Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.
A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.
Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.
Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.
Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.
The wise man reads both books and life itself.