"The world is apt to judge of everything by the success; and whoever has ill fortune will hardly be allowed a good name."

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Source : William Dampier (2012). “A Voyage to New Holland”, p.16, tredition

William Dampier

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“Black detraction will find faults where they are not.”
“One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.”
“I love the Twins, ... I bleed the Twins. That's all I know. If I go anywhere else, I'd be a foreigner.”
“Americans are terrified because so many of them have been laid off in recent years and months and they fear that they may be next. Even if they have not been laid off or have not known anyone laid off, they definitely know someone who has lost his home.”
“Kids today are much more independant than their parents were. We're really into getting jobs and we mature sexually much earlier than a generation ago. Or, at least, we are involved in sex earlier.”

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“Maybe the greatest madness is to see life as it is rather than what it could be.”
“Dispassion and humility lead to spiritual knowledge. Without them no one will see the Lord.”
“I have observed several hundred salespeople who were taught to use deceptive practices like 'bait and switch' and encouraged to play negotiation games with customers. They were so stressed by this behavior that they suffered from a high incidence of alcohol and substance abuse, divorce, job-jumping, and low productivity. In the same industry, I have observed countless people who had been taught to sell with high integrity. Ironically, their customer satisfaction, profit margins, and salesperson retention were significantly higher.”

Source : Ron Willingham (2009). “Integrity Selling for the 21st Century: How to Sell the Way People Want to Buy”, p.13, Crown Business

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