"Men pass away, but their deeds abide. [His last words.]"

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Augustin-Louis Cauchy

#Men Quotes #Passing Away Quotes #Deeds Quotes

“A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings.”

Source : Nadine Gordimer (2012). “Jump and Other Stories”, p.66, A&C Black
“Genius of AND. Embrace both extremes on a number of dimensions at the same time. Instead of choosing a OR B, figure out how to have A AND B-purpose AND profit, continuity AND change, freedom AND responsibility, etc.”
“The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its debts, even when many in the country believed it had no obligation to do so. Alexander Hamilton, the founder of this newspaper, insisted on it.”
“Once you get that two-way energy thing going, everyone benefits hugely.”
“A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by little it grows nothing but vegetables, nothing, nothing but vegetables.”
“We had a saying that the fun stops at one.”
“In big companies projects have to scale and Lean Startup help us to do it”
“Successful socialism depends on the perfectibility of man. Unless all, or nearly all, men are high-minded and clear-sighted, it isbound to be a rotten failure in any but a physical sense. Even through it is altruism, socialism means materialism. You can guarantee the things of the body to every one, but you cannot guarantee the things of the spirit to every one; you can guarantee only that the opportunity to seek them shall not be denied to any one who chooses to seek them.”

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