Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.

#776

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.

#775

Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.

#774

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

#773

Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more.

#772

Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

#349

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