Quote #231
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
More from Albert Einstein
- Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means.
- Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
- Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
- The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
- Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too l…
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- Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem - in my opinion - to characterize our age.
- The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.