
“The story is always better than your ability to write it.”
Source: Small Favor
“The story is always better than your ability to write it.”
“Son, son, I admire your sincerity. Always be sincere - whether you mean it or not.”
The Reluctant Cannibal
“We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire.”
Nous aimons toujours ceux qui nous admirent; et nous n'aimons pas toujours ceux que nous admirons.
Maxim 294.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
“It is not about your ability to read, it is about your ability to learn.”
Source: Christian Canlubo https://en.everybodywiki.com/Christian_Canlubo| Christian Canlubo profile on EverybodyWiki
Christian Canlubo https://en.everybodywiki.com/Christian_Canlubo response to a one person question that says he doesn't learn even he reads a multiple pages of a book in an event in the Philippines.
Letter to Lord Holland (24 September 1813) on Napoleon, quoted in E. A. Smith, Lord Grey. 1764-1845 (Alan Sutton, 1996), p. 176.
1810s
“Your ability to generate power is directly proportional to your ability to relax.”
Source: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity