Thursday, August 20, 2009

COTD #2: The Object Of The Superior Man

“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
– Lord John Acton

“There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.”
– Niels Bohr

“The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.”
- Jean de la Bruyere

“The great seal of truth is simplicity.” – Herman Boerhaave

“Think like a man of action and act like a man of thought” – Sallust

“The object of the superior man is truth.” – Confucius

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” – Lao Tzu

“Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole Electoral System.” – Cicero

“Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.”
- Cicero