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"Stupidity talks, vanity acts." Victor Hugo

"Stupidity talks, vanity acts." Victor Hugo — English Quotes (@english_quotes) March 1, 2021

"When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car." Will Rogers

"When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car." Will Rogers — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 28, 2021

"Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow." Lord Chesterfield

"Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow." Lord Chesterfield — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 27, 2021

"Learning to fly is not pretty but flying is." Satya Nadella

"Learning to fly is not pretty but flying is." Satya Nadella — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 26, 2021

"If I agreed with you we'd both be wrong." Unknown

"If I agreed with you we'd both be wrong." Unknown — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 25, 2021

"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get." Warren Buffett

"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get." Warren Buffett — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 25, 2021

"The manner is often as important as the matter, sometimes more so." Lord Chesterfield

"The manner is often as important as the matter, sometimes more so." Lord Chesterfield — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 24, 2021

"The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog." Mark Twain

"The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog." Mark Twain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 23, 2021

"Apple is the only company that can take hardware, software, and services and integrate those into an experience that's an 'aha' for the customer. You can take that and apply to markets that we're not in today." Tim Cook

"Apple is the only company that can take hardware, software, and services and integrate those into an experience that's an 'aha' for the customer. You can take that and apply to markets that we're not in today." Tim Cook — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 22, 2021

"I act with complete certainty. But this certainty is my own." Ludwig Wittgenstein

"I act with complete certainty. But this certainty is my own." Ludwig Wittgenstein — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 21, 2021

"There is a melancholy that stems from greatness." Nicolas Chamfort

"There is a melancholy that stems from greatness." Nicolas Chamfort — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 20, 2021

"Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well." Lord Chesterfield

"Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well." Lord Chesterfield — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 19, 2021

"The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything." Oscar Wilde

"The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything." Oscar Wilde — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 18, 2021

"Beware of geeks bearing formulas." Warren Buffett

"Beware of geeks bearing formulas." Warren Buffett — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 18, 2021

"There are some games you don't get to play unless you are all in." Jordan Peterson

"There are some games you don't get to play unless you are all in." Jordan Peterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 17, 2021

"Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed." Lord Chesterfield

"Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed." Lord Chesterfield — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 15, 2021

"My goal wasn't to make a ton of money. It was to build good computers." Steve Wozniak

"My goal wasn't to make a ton of money. It was to build good computers." Steve Wozniak — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 14, 2021

"I am going to call my kids Ctrl, Alt and Delete. Then if they muck up I will just hit them all at once." Unknown

"I am going to call my kids Ctrl, Alt and Delete. Then if they muck up I will just hit them all at once." Unknown — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 13, 2021

"We made the buttons on the screen look so good you will want to lick them." Steve Jobs

"We made the buttons on the screen look so good you will want to lick them." Steve Jobs — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 12, 2021

"Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken." Warren Buffett

"Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken." Warren Buffett — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 11, 2021

"Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out and strike it merely to show that you have one." Lord Chesterfield

"Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out and strike it merely to show that you have one." Lord Chesterfield — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 10, 2021

"If the grass is greener on the other side, you can bet the water bill is higher." Debbie Macomber

"If the grass is greener on the other side, you can bet the water bill is higher." Debbie Macomber — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 9, 2021

"If hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then it's worth the trade-off with my own privacy." Tim Cook

"If hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then it's worth the trade-off with my own privacy." Tim Cook — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 8, 2021

"One can do without people but one has need of a friend." Chinese Proverb

"One can do without people but one has need of a friend." Chinese Proverb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 7, 2021

"If you aren't willing to own a stock for ten years, don't even think about owning it for ten minutes." Warren Buffett

"If you aren't willing to own a stock for ten years, don't even think about owning it for ten minutes." Warren Buffett — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 6, 2021

"Speak of the moderns without contempt, and of the ancients without idolatry." Lord Chesterfield

"Speak of the moderns without contempt, and of the ancients without idolatry." Lord Chesterfield — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 5, 2021

"The shinbone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room." Unknown

"The shinbone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room." Unknown — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 4, 2021

"So, attend carefully to your posture. Quit drooping and hunching around. Speak your mind. Put your desires forward, as if you had a right to them—at least the same right as others. Walk tall and gaze forthrightly ahead. Dare to be dangerous." Jordan Peterson

"So, attend carefully to your posture. Quit drooping and hunching around. Speak your mind. Put your desires forward, as if you had a right to them—at least the same right as others. Walk tall and gaze forthrightly ahead. Dare to be dangerous." Jordan Peterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 4, 2021

"The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older." Lord Chesterfield

"The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older." Lord Chesterfield — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 3, 2021

"We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all." Francois de La Rochefoucauld

"We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all." Francois de La Rochefoucauld — English Quotes (@english_quotes) February 2, 2021