Quote by Andrew Carnegie
The morality of compromise sounds contradictory. Compromise is usu

The morality of compromise sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men dont compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised. – Andrew Carnegie

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Upon the sacredness of property civilization itself depends – the right of the laborer to his hundred dollars in the savings bank, and equally the legal right of the millionaire to his millions. – Andrew Carnegie

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Property
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There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself. – Andrew Carnegie

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Helping
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Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and whose father is guide, exemplar, and friend. No servants to come between. These are the boys who are born to the best fortune. – Andrew Carnegie

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Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another but women are by nature enemies. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Mens second childhood begins when a woman gets a hold of him. – James Barrie

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Clever and attractive women do not want to vote they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men. – George Bernard Shaw

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Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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I am a technological activist. I have a political agenda. I am in favor of basic human rights: to free speech, to use any information and technology, to purchase and use recreational drugs, to enjoy and purchase so-called vices, to be free of intruders, and to privacy. – Bram Cohen

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Psychopathia librorum…. I surround myself with the printed word. – Sven Birkerts (b.1951), “Notes from a Confession,” The Agni Review, No.22 (1985)

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Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems. – John Barton

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If all human lives depended upon their usefulness — as might be judged by certain standards — there would be a sudden and terrific mortality in the world. – Gene Tunney

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