When a workman is unceasingly and exclusively engaged in the fabrication of one thing, he ultimately does his work with singular dexterity; but, at the same time, he loses the general faculty of applying his mind to the direction of the work. His every day becomes more of adroit and less industrious; so that it may be said of him, that, in proportion as the workman improves, the man is degraded. Alexis de Tocqueville . George F. Will
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  1. The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.
  2. Sex education in the modern manner has been well-described as plumbing for hedonists.
  3. Talk about presidents "taking" the country hither and yon is part of the foam of presidential elections.
  4. There may be arrogance — and the laziness of someone who is indefatigable when doing what he enjoys, but only when doing that.
  5. People who have nothing much in mind for next week speak instead about the next century or millennium.
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