Confucius Quotes

To study and at times practice what one has learned, is this not a pleasure?

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• You could put all of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's angry sermons on to one loop. You could put that loop up on the big screen at Radio City Music Hall and let it play there 24 hours a day, seven days a week and Barack Obama will still emerge as the next president of the United States.

  

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• This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest, logic loses. So, expect more meaningless, if not harmful, 'gun control' legislation. Good news - if you're a crook.

  

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• The speed of the fleet is not determined by the fastest vessel; rather it is determined by the slowest one.

  

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• To study and at times practice what one has learned, is this not a pleasure?

  

  Confucius
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  • Learned