Quotable quotes:
4Reader'Digest (1984)
61. One of the wonders of life is precisely that: The wonder of life.
62. When you think you have influence, try to give orders to another dog.
63
After the ship was lost, everyone knows how it could have been saved.
64. If you wish to enjoy a good reputation, strive to be what you appear to be.
65. All triumphs are born when we dare to begin.
66. True tragedies do not result from the confrontation between a right and an injustice.
They arise from the clash of two rights.
67. Eating with music is an insult, both for the cook and for the violinist.
68. Love is not measured by the number of caresses, but by the frequency with which one and the other understand each other.
69. Praise properly debases.
70. Criticism should be applied, in what is said of the cutlery: Never use the knife when you can carve with the spoon.
71. Every generation rebels against parents and makes friends with grandparents.
72. Man has learned to fly like birds, he has only left or need to discover how to do it silently like them.
73. Certain minor vices that obscure the great virtues; and some small virtues that hide great defects.
74. Hate is a prolonged form of suicide.
75. "Tell me what you are reading and I will tell you who you are", is a quite true aphorism; but I would know better what you read.
76. The person who talks about his inferiors has none.
77. All life except empty life requires that we break one draft after another.
78. It is difficult to recognize good luck, because it is very similar to something we have earned.
78. If you do not get what you want, it's a sign that you did not crave it seriously, or try to bargain for the price.
79. become indispensable and achieve promotion. I acted as if it was indispensable, and it will descend until it is put on its feet in the street.
80. The modern husband believes that the place of the woman is in the home; and he expects the wife to return there as soon as he finishes his workday.
81. We have probably laid more bridges on roads than on rivers.
With affection,
62. When you think you have influence, try to give orders to another dog.
63
After the ship was lost, everyone knows how it could have been saved.
64. If you wish to enjoy a good reputation, strive to be what you appear to be.
65. All triumphs are born when we dare to begin.
66. True tragedies do not result from the confrontation between a right and an injustice.
They arise from the clash of two rights.
67. Eating with music is an insult, both for the cook and for the violinist.
68. Love is not measured by the number of caresses, but by the frequency with which one and the other understand each other.
69. Praise properly debases.
70. Criticism should be applied, in what is said of the cutlery: Never use the knife when you can carve with the spoon.
71. Every generation rebels against parents and makes friends with grandparents.
72. Man has learned to fly like birds, he has only left or need to discover how to do it silently like them.
73. Certain minor vices that obscure the great virtues; and some small virtues that hide great defects.
74. Hate is a prolonged form of suicide.
75. "Tell me what you are reading and I will tell you who you are", is a quite true aphorism; but I would know better what you read.
76. The person who talks about his inferiors has none.
77. All life except empty life requires that we break one draft after another.
78. It is difficult to recognize good luck, because it is very similar to something we have earned.
78. If you do not get what you want, it's a sign that you did not crave it seriously, or try to bargain for the price.
79. become indispensable and achieve promotion. I acted as if it was indispensable, and it will descend until it is put on its feet in the street.
80. The modern husband believes that the place of the woman is in the home; and he expects the wife to return there as soon as he finishes his workday.
81. We have probably laid more bridges on roads than on rivers.
With affection,
Rubén
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