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| Автор: innok 28.06.2008 - 00:56 |
| Yiddish Proverbs If the rich could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living. The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks. What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth. A hero is someone who can keep his mouth shut when he is right. One old friend is better than two new ones. One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. Old friends, like old wines, don't lose their flavour. A wise man hears one word and understands two. You can't control the wind, but you can adjust your sails. Golda Meir (1898-1978) Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself. To a visiting diplomat: "Don't be so humble - you are not that great." Woody Allen I don't want to become immortal through my work. I want to become immortal through not dying I'm not afraid of dying - I just don't want to be there when it happens! Albert Einstein Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. When his wife asked him to change clothes to meet the German Ambassador, he said "If they want to see me, here I am. If they want to see my clothes, open my closet and show them my suits." Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them. The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax. Sign hanging in his office at Princeton: Imagination is more important than knowledge Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts. We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. |