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“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
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“Spending money to show people how much money you have is the fastest way to have less money.”
― The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
― The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”
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“A student once asked anthropologist Margaret Mead, “What is the earliest sign of civilization?” The student expected her to say a clay pot, a grinding stone, or maybe a weapon.
Margaret Mead thought for a moment, then she said, “A healed femur.”
A femur is the longest bone in the body, linking hip to knee. In societies without the benefits of modern medicine, it takes about six weeks of rest for a fractured femur to heal. A healed femur shows that someone cared for the injured person, did their hunting and gathering, stayed with them, and offered physical protection and human companionship until the injury could mend.
Mead explained that where the law of the jungle—the survival of the fittest—rules, no healed femurs are found. The first sign of civilization is compassion, seen in a healed femur.”
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Margaret Mead thought for a moment, then she said, “A healed femur.”
A femur is the longest bone in the body, linking hip to knee. In societies without the benefits of modern medicine, it takes about six weeks of rest for a fractured femur to heal. A healed femur shows that someone cared for the injured person, did their hunting and gathering, stayed with them, and offered physical protection and human companionship until the injury could mend.
Mead explained that where the law of the jungle—the survival of the fittest—rules, no healed femurs are found. The first sign of civilization is compassion, seen in a healed femur.”
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