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He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

— George Bernard Shaw

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  1. Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
  2. Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.
  3. Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.[1]
  4. If you strike a child, take care that you strike it in anger, even at the risk of maiming it for life. A blow in cold blood neither can nor…
  5. Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
  6. Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
  7. The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
  8. Lack of money is the root of all evil.

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  • critique
  • action
  • competence
  • teaching

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