"A gentleman can live through anything."

--

William Faulkner

#Gentleman Quotes

“Nothing, absolutely nothing, was above corruption so long as human beings were involved.”
“Why is it a surprise to find that people other than ourselves are able to tell lies?”

Source : FaceBook post by Alice Munro from Jun 30, 2010
“But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes.”
“Nothing would more effectively further the development of education than for all flogging pedagogues to learn to educate with the head instead of with the hand.”

Source : Ellen Key (2016). “The education of the child”, p.20, Ellen Key
“Most of us can learn to live in perfect comfort on higher levels of power. Everyone knows that on any given day there are energies slumbering in him which the incitements of that day do not call forth. Compared with what we ought to be, we are only half awake. It is evident that our organism has stored-up reserves of energy that are ordinarily not called upon - deeper and deeper strata of explosible material, ready for use by anyone who probes so deep. The human individual usually lives far within his limits.”
“Today, chess programs have become so good that even grandmasters sometimes struggle to understand the logic behind some of their moves.”

Source : "AI can power this decade" by Kenneth Rogoff, www.theguardian.com. January 12, 2010.
“Most important thought, if you love someone, tell him or her, for you never know what tomorrow may have in store.”
“I am fascinated by what is beautiful, strong, healthy, what is living. I seek harmony.”

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