I think we should bring up our children with much less pressure to compete and get ahead: no comparing one child with another, at home or in school; no grades. Let athletics be primarily for fun, and let them be organized by children and youths themselves.


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Then there was a maiden speech, so inaudible, that it was doubted whether, after all, the young orat...
BENJAMIN DISRAELI
I have always thought that every woman should marry, and no man.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI
Never complain and never explain.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI
Sir, I say that justice is truth in action.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI
Mr Kremlin himself was distinguished for ignorance, for he had only one idea,and that was wrong.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI
For nearly five years the present Ministers have harassed every trade, worried every profession, and...
BENJAMIN DISRAELI
That we may live to see England once more possess a free Monarchy and a privileged and prosperous Pe...
BENJAMIN DISRAELI
I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole!
BENJAMIN DISRAELI
I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the mo...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
I condole with you, we have lost a most dear and valuable relation, but it is the will of God and Na...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Sir, I say that justice is truth in action
BENJAMIN DISRAELI
You've got to be success minded. You've got to feel that things are coming your way when you're out ...
BENJAMIN JOWETT
We Barbie dolls are not supposed to behave the way I do.
BENJAMIN JOWETT
When a man listens to the voice of the tempter within him, he is inclined to do as others do, not to...
BENJAMIN JOWETT
One use of prayer is to maintain in us a higher standard and prevent our principles insensibly sinki...
BENJAMIN JOWETT
An author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own childr...
BENJAMIN DISRAELI
The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame; a quality of success wh...
BENJAMIN DISRAELI
Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tenden...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
There is no document of civilization that is not also a document of barbarism.
WALTER BENJAMIN
There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI
He who waits upon fortune is never sure of dinner.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
One today is worth two tomorrows.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Power has only one duty --to secure the social welfare of the People.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI
The most important four words for a successful marriage: 'I'll do the dishes.'
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Sometimes when I close my eyes, I can't see.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
In God we trust; all others must pay cash.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Marriage is a wonderful institution... but who wants to live in an institution?
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
What great energy, intelligence, and magnificent beautiful eyes... But enough about me, how are you ...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Lib...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI
A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable ...
BENJAMIN DISRAELI
I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Hide not your talents, they for use were made,
What's a sundial in the shade?
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN