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7. Since civilized society is based on laws,
if you kill all the lawyers, they'll be
nobody left who understand the law,
and society will descend into chaos.
8. Another famous saying that is often
misunderstood is PT Barnum's,
"There's a sucker born every minute."
9. Most people attribute this to people
who are taking advantage of poor
innocent people like pensioners and
old ladies.
10. But the whole context of the
statement is there's a sucker born
every minute, because each sucker is
trying to further take advantage of
others.
11. Meaning the easiest people to take
advantage are those who are always
trying to take advantage of others, or
looking at some "shortcut" so they can
get the good stuff without having to
do the work that "honest people"
need to do.
12. Get rich quick, lose fifty pounds in one
week, make money in real estate with
no money down, etc.
13. But there ARE some simple
statements, easy to understand, that
DO tell us eternal truths.
14. And these same statements and
simple stories have been around for
thousands of years.
16. Taking on the attitude of the turtle will
generally help you, in the long run,
more than the rabbit.
17. Sure, we all want to race ahead and
get the good stuff before everybody
else.
18. But while some people are busily
chasing each and every shiny new
object, or jumping on each and every
fad, there's also people like the turtle
who are slowly and steadily going after
some HUGE goals.