· @DasObjektiv
52 followers · 261 posts · Server social.tchncs.de"We expect places and products to be less attractive than in marketing brochures, but we never forgive humans for being worse than their first impressions."
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· @DasObjektiv
49 followers · 255 posts · Server social.tchncs.de"Anyone voicing a forecast or expressing an opinion without something at risk has some element of phoniness. Unless he risks going down with the ship this would be like watching an adventure movie."
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· @DasObjektiv
47 followers · 251 posts · Server social.tchncs.de"You are rich if and only if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept."
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· @DasObjektiv
47 followers · 248 posts · Server social.tchncs.de"Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur."
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· @DasObjektiv
46 followers · 247 posts · Server social.tchncs.de"Someone who says “I am busy” is either declaring incompetence (and lack of control of his life) or trying to get rid of you."
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· @DasObjektiv
43 followers · 244 posts · Server social.tchncs.de"A verbal threat is the most authentic certificate of impotence."
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· @DasObjektiv
43 followers · 244 posts · Server social.tchncs.de"The weak shows his strength and hides his weaknesses; the magnificent exhibits his weaknesses like ornaments."
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· @DasObjektiv
43 followers · 238 posts · Server social.tchncs.de"True humility is when you can surprise yourself more than others; the rest is either shyness or good marketing."
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· @DasObjektiv
43 followers · 238 posts · Server social.tchncs.de"The ancients knew very well that the only way to understand events was to cause them."
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· @DasObjektiv
43 followers · 238 posts · Server social.tchncs.de"Don’t complain too loud about wrongs done you; you may give ideas to your less imaginative enemies."
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· @DasObjektiv
36 followers · 225 posts · Server social.tchncs.de"Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur."
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· @DasObjektiv
36 followers · 225 posts · Server social.tchncs.de"The fastest way to become rich is to socialize with the poor; the fastest way to become poor is to socialize with the rich."
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· @DasObjektiv
36 followers · 225 posts · Server social.tchncs.de"Someone who says “I am busy” is either declaring incompetence (and lack of control of his life) or trying to get rid of you."
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· @DasObjektiv
36 followers · 225 posts · Server social.tchncs.de"What fools call “wasting time” is most often the best investment."
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· @DasObjektiv
36 followers · 225 posts · Server social.tchncs.de"Sadly, we learn the most from fools, economists, and other reverse role models, yet we pay them back with the worst ingratitude."
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· @DasObjektiv
36 followers · 225 posts · Server social.tchncs.de"For everything, use boredom in place of a clock, as a biological wristwatch, though under constraints of politeness."
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· @DasObjektiv
36 followers · 225 posts · Server social.tchncs.de"Only in recent history has “working hard” signaled pride rather than shame for lack of talent, finesse, and, mostly, sprezzatura."
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