A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher. – Johann von Goethe
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Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rigorous study of an art originally intended to make glad the heart of man. – Ezra Pound
The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances. He plies the slow, unhonored, and unpaid task of observation. He is the worlds eye. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who havent had any moral compass, whove just changed to say whatever they thought the popular thing was, in the end theyre losers. – Michael Bloomberg
I also have a soft spot for spicy chicken wings. They are always best eaten at dives and sports bars, like Wogies in the West Village, New York City, near my house. – Gail Simmons