Learning, the destroyer of

Learning, the destroyer of
Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.
  

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It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.
Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important
Usesoft words and hard arguments.
Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.
People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.
The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.
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.
Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.
Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.
Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.