“Swearing doesn’t make your argument valid; it just tells the other person you have lost your class and control.”
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“Virtue became less the harsh and martial self-sacrifice of antiquity and more the modern willingness to get along with others for the sake of peace and prosperity.”
― Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
― Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
“He learned that love is not all pleasure, but can be agony and heartache, martyrdom and sacrifice. He learned what the clergyman was talking about in the marriage service: for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish till death do us part.”
― World's End
― World's End
“More leaders have been made by accident, circumstance, sheer grit, or will than have been made by all the leadership courses put together.”
― On Becoming a Leader
― On Becoming a Leader
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