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William Feather
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Which one of these four quotes is attributed to William Feather?
→ The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.
→ Truth never damages a cause that is just.
→ If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.
→ An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.
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Pick the quote attributed to William Feather.
→ You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea.
→ Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.
→ The petty economies of the rich are just as amazing as the silly extravagances of the poor.
→ A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
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Select the quotation attributed to William Feather.
→ Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
→ Is it progress if a cannibal uses knife and fork?
→ Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with, that it's compounding a felony.
→ If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs.
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One of these may be attributed to William Feather. Which one?
→ Boring people are a reflection of boring people.
→ Beware of the man who won't be bothered with details.
→ No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not someday be antiquated.
→ Automatic simply means that you can't repair it yourself.
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Which one of these belongs to William Feather?
→ You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.
→ The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.
→ Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.
→ A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.
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