QUOTE:
“Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.”
Jesus Christ (4 BC/BCE-30 AD/CE)
Famous preacher
The Third Beatitude, Matthew 5:5
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COUNTERQUOTE:
“Pity the Meek, for they shall inherit the earth.”
Don Marquis (1878-1937)
American humorist, author and journalist
Quoted in Frederick Wilcox, A Little Book of Aphorisms (1947)
QUOTE:
“When in doubt, win the trick.”
Edmond Hoyle (1672-1769)
British writer
A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist (1742)
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COUNTERQUOTE:
“Guidelines for bureaucrats: (1) When in charge, ponder. (2) When in trouble, delegate. (3) When in doubt, mumble.”
James H. Boren (b. 1925)
Founder of NATAPROBU
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“To err is human, to forgive divine.”
Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
British poet and essayist
An Essay on Criticism (1711)
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COUNTERQUOTE:
“To err is human, not to, animal.”
Robert Frost (1974-1963)
American poet
In his poem “The White-tailed Hornet” (1936)
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QUOTE:
“Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.”
Lord Chesterfield, a.k.a. Philip Dormer Stanhope (1694-1773)
British writer and politician
Letter to his son, dated March 10, 1746
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COUNTERQUOTE:
“If a thing is worth doing, it’s worth doing slowly — very slowly.”
Gypsy Rose Lee (1911-1970)
Ecdysiast, actor and author
Attributed
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QUOTE:
“Nothing is stronger than an idea whose time has come.”
Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
French poet, novelist, and playwright
Histoire d'un Crime (written 1852, published 1877)
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COUNTERQUOTE:
"Nothing is more dangerous than a boss with a spreadsheet."
Wally (b. 1989)
Professional cartoon character
In Scott Adams’ Dilbert cartoon strip (1998)
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