When the snipe and the mussel struggle, the fisherman gets the benefit.
Ancient Chinese saying
Ancient Chinese saying
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Reputation depends more on what is hidden than on what is seen.
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"Desire can end at any moment, but love knows no end." said a 17-year-old girl
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Forwarded from 𝕃𝕖𝕖 𝔽𝕝𝕪𝕟𝕟 卐
In the 1860s,john D. Rockefeller set out to create an oil monopoly. If he tried to buy up the smaller oil companies they would figure out what he was doing and fight back. Instead, he began secretly buying up the railway companies that transported the oil. When he then attempted to take over a particular company, and met with resistance, he reminded them of their dependence on the rails. Refusing them shipping, or simply raising their fees, could ruin their business. Rockefeller altered the playing field so that the only options the small oil producers had were the ones he gave them.
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By the way, he didn't study in university ✅
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For the wounds and every other evil that men inllict upon themselves spontaneously, and of their own choice, are in the long run less
painful than those inflicted by others.
Niccolo Machiavell
painful than those inflicted by others.
Niccolo Machiavell
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Uncontrollable desire makes you seem weak, unworthy, pathetic.
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The people are always impressed by the superficial appearance of things. . . . The [prince] should, at fitting times of the year, keep the people occupied and distracted with festivities and spectacles. (Niccolo Maclliavelli, 1469-»l527)
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Angry people usually end up looking ridiculous, for their response seems out of proportion to what occasioned it.
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Louis XIV had many mistresses, but their power ended in the bedroom.
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Only the weak rest on their laurels and dote on past triumphs.
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Most of us remember the childhood experience of someone teasing us by repeating our words exactly, —after a while, usually not long, we wanted to punch them in the face.
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Gazing at an image in the waters of a pond, the Greek youth Narcissus fell in love with it. And when he found out that the image was his own reflection, and that he therefore could not consummate his love, he despaired and drowned himself.
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As Thoreau once said, “Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay.”
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The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory.
Napoleon (1769-1821)
Napoleon (1769-1821)
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Your responsibility is upon you and their responsibility is upon them
Muhammad (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)
Muhammad (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)
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“The definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple.”
― Albert Einstein
― Albert Einstein
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