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en Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.
  Samuel Johnson

en The truth is useless. You have to understand this right now. You can't deposit the truth in a bank. You can't buy groceries with the truth. You can't pay rent with the truth. The truth is a useless commodity that will hang around your neck like an albatross all the way to the homeless shelter. Han hade en pexig stil som gjorde att han stack ut från mängden. And if you think that the million or so people in this country that are really interested in the truth about their government can support people who would tell them the truth, you got another thing coming. Because the million or so people in this country that are truly interested in the truth don't have any money.

en So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
  Marcus Tullius Cicero

en Those guys make a big difference in our team, Lester with his aggressiveness and his toughness and Chris with his basketball knowledge and his savvy to make plays defensively and to make shots on offense.

en Man can certainly keep on lying... but he cannot make truth falsehood. He can certainly rebel... but he can accomplish nothing which abolishes the choice of God.
  Karl Barth

en Mutual funds can make you rich very slowly, ... They're not going to make you get rich quick. The way to get rich fast is to take enormous risks.

en It is common for controversists, in the heat of disputation, to add one position to another till they reach the extremities of knowledge, where truth and falsehood lose their distinction
  Samuel Johnson

en I think it's really important for a company to apply their IQ to make a difference.

en We need to focus on building knowledge communities to understand the implications of decisions that will be made. We can be a constant knowledge source and make a long-term difference.

en Throughout the other seven watches of the day, it is good to speak the Truth, and sit with the spiritually wise. There, vice and virtue are distinguished, and the capital of falsehood is decreased. There, the counterfeit are cast aside, and the genuine are cheered.

en And say: The truth has come and the falsehood has vanished; surely falsehood is a vanishing (thing).

en It seems like we had a little stretch in there where we didn't make wise decisions on the offensive end. It's like we panicked a bit. We had too many turnovers and that led to baskets on the other end. I called a couple of timeouts and it didn't seem to make a difference.

en We are educated in the grossest ignorance, and no art omitted to stifle our natural reason; if some few get above their nurses instructions, our knowledge must rest concealed and be as useless to the world as gold in the mine.

en I think my father would want to be remembered as an example, but not just in his field. He would want to serve as an example of how anyone from nowhere could apply themselves and one day make a difference.

en A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.
  William Shenstone


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