A Quote by Baltasar Gracian
A gilded No is more satisfactory than a dry Yes.
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All action is an attempt to exchange a less satisfactory state of affairs for a more satisfactory one.
Action is an attempt to substitute a more satisfactory state of affairs for a less satisfactory one. We call such a willfully induced alteration an exchange.
Hillary doesn't play. She has more experience and exposure to the presidency than any candidate in our lifetime - yes, more than Barack, more than Bill. So she is absolutely ready to be Commander-in-Chief on day one. And, yes, she happens to be a woman.
Tom has a gilded life which I have had a glimpse of. Yes, he does travel in private jets.
The natural tendency of every government is to grow steadily worse-that is, to grow more satisfactory to those who constitute it and less satisfactory to those who support it.
Think it more satisfactory to live richly than die rich.
Yes, dodgeball encourages competitiveness. Yes, the stronger, more athletic kids are going to be more successful at it than the weaker ones, but what game doesn't have winners and losers?
No knowledge can be more satisfactory to a man than that of his own frame, its parts, their functions and actions.
It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.
Science provides a much more satisfactory way to seek answers than does any religion.
Always say “yes” to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to what already is? what could be more insane than to oppose life itself, which is now and always now? Surrender to what is. Say “yes” to life — and see how life suddenly starts working for you rather than against you.
How much more comfortable it is to say 'Yes, and...' than 'Yes, but...'.
I really am a pessimist. I've always felt that fascism is a more natural governmental condition than democracy. Democracy is a grace. It's something essentially splendid because it's not at all routine or automatic. Fascism goes back to our infancy and childhood, where we were always told how to live. We were told, Yes, you may do this; no, you may not do that. So the secret of fascism is that it has this appeal to people whose later lives are not satisfactory.
One of my New Year's resolutions is to say 'yes!' Yes to love, yes to life, yes to staying in more!
If you have to dry the dishes (Such an awful boring chore) If you have to dry the dishes ('Stead of going to the store) If you have to dry the dishes And you drop one on the floor Maybe they won't let you Dry the dishes anymore
America has had many other discoverers besides Columbus, but he seems to have made more satisfactory arrangements with the historians than any of the others.
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