“It is surprising to see what superficial, inconsequential reasonings satisfy the most part of mankind. A piece of wit, a jest, a simile, or a quotation of an Author, passes for a mighty argument.... This weakness and effeminacy of mankind in being persuaded where they are delighted, have made them the sport of orators, poets, and men of wit.” MenMadeSportsPiecesMankindPoetWeaknessArgumentWitReasoningSurprisingQuotationsSuperficialSimileDelightedJestOratorsInconsequential Book:The Life and Works of John Arbuthnot, M.D.: Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians Source: The Life and Works of John Arbuthnot, M.D.: Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
“In this world the one thing supremely worth having is the opportunity to do well and worthily a piece of work of vital consequence to the welfare of mankind.” WorldWellsOpportunityPiecesOne ThingMankindThis WorldConsequenceWelfare Author:Theodore Roosevelt