Jane Austen on talking

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

What could I do! Facts are such horrid things!

A great many of those who ‘debunk’ traditional…values have in the background values of their own which they believe to be immune from the debunking process.

C. S. Lewis1898–1963The Abolition of Man

• Debate

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Mark Twain1835–1910

If A is a success in life, than A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

Albert Einstein1879–1955

• Success