Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.
—Edward Thorndike
Topics: Wisdom, Words
The function of intellect is to provide a means of modifying our reactions to the circumstances of life, so that we may secure pleasure, the symptom of welfare.
—Edward Thorndike
Topics: Welfare
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