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A picture says more than a thousands words, but which words are these?: Taeke de Jong, Ways to Study and Research
Romans, never forget that government is your medium! Be this your art:-to practice men in habit of peace, generosity to the conquered, and firmness against aggressors.: Virgil (70 BC - 19 BC), Aeneid
He who learns must suffer, and, even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.: Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC)
The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers. He cannot, like the architects, cover his failures with trees and vines. He cannot, like the politicians, screen his sort-comings by blaming his opponents and hope the people will forget. The engineer simply cannot deny he did it. If his works do not work, he is damned.: Herbert Hoover (1874 - 1964), Opening Quote of Chapter 5, Introduction to Aeronautics: A Design Perspective by Steven Brandt et Al.
That's the irony of women in charge, they don't like other women in charge.: Michael R. Perry, House M.D., Deception, 2005
Lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Julius Caesar, Act II, sc.1
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I am constant as the northern star, of whose true fix'd and resting quality there is no fellow in the firmament.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Julius Caesar, Act III, sc.1
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Julius Caesar, Act II, sc. 2
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When beggars die, there are no comets seen; the heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Julius Caesar, Act II, sc. 2
Men at some time are the masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Julius Caesar, Act I, sc. 2
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