The Hero Hartmut

Credit for the pic in my sig goes to PaCkEt_BoY.

Be not too wise, nor too foolish,
Be not conceited, nor diffident,
Be not haughty, nor too humble,
Be not too talkative, nor too silent,
Be not too hard, nor too feeble.
If you be too wise, men will expect too much of you;
If you be too conceited, you will be thought vexatious;
If you be too humble, you will be without honour;
If you be too talkative, you will not be heeded;
If you be too silent, you will not be regarded;
If you be too hard, you will be broken;
If you be too feeble, you will be crushed.

-Instructions of King Cormac (translated from Irish)

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A mosquito cried out in pain:
"A chemist has poisoned my brain!"
The cause of his sorrow
was para-dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane

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Without courage, wisdom fails, and power corrupts.
Without wisdom, courage loses hope, and power is senseless.
Without power, couage is weak, and wisdom is useless.
That is why heroes possess all three...

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Objective considerations of contemporary phenomena compel the conclusion that success or failure in competitive activities exhibits no tendency to be commensurate with innate capacity, but that a considerable element of the unpredictable must invariably be taken into account.